This is a great apartment, location is great - just across the East river from Manhattan. A 10 minute walk to a subway station that has two main lines going north and south into Manhattan stopping close to most of the main attractions. A 10 minute walk to the East River where there is a boat service going to e.g. Brooklyn/DUMBO, South Manhattan. There is also a great park on the river with wonderful views of the Manhattan sky line and the bridges. The area where the apartment is located feels safe in the day and at night coming back from the subway and Williamsburg itself has loads of great shops/restaurants/bars with a bakery and supermarkets/stores just round the corner from the apartment. The apartment is pretty cool, has decent facilities and character. The host replies really quickly and is very helpful answering questions. As a family we had a choice of an apartment or a hotel but went for this so that we didn't always have to eat out and for the extra space and we are really pleased we did, we had a fantastic holiday, thank you!