With our son and his family of four living in a two-bedroom apartment in Park Slope, we have sampled more than our share of hotels, inns, bnb's, and airbnb rentals in the neighborhood, so we speak with some authority on this subject. The apartment we rented from Helen and Alfred was easily the pick of the lot. We cannot fault it in any way. It was immaculately clean, perfectly equipped with appliances (including four-burner stove, full-size refrigerator, washer and dryer ) and Smart-TV with free Netflix, Amazon and Acorn. It also boasts a beautifully landscaped urban backyard with a pond (we could see the gold fish settling in for the winter). The ground-level apartment had been exquisitely redone—with built-in shelves and peg-and-groove flooring--by a previous owner, evidently a master-craftsman. Helen and Alfred are gracious and welcoming, everything hosts should be and then some. Three touches sum them up: a tin of home-baked cookies was waiting for us on the kitchen table, fresh about-to-bloom hyacinths had been placed on the mantlepiece and a bottle of white wine was chilling in the fridge. Hopefully we did as well as guests as they did as hosts and they will welcome us back