location: crown heights area - right next to Franklin Avenue subway station which is only a 20/30 minute ride into Manhattan. Franklin avenue has plenty of convenience stores, coffee shops and restaurants located less than a 5 min walk from the apt.
Apartment: the apartment is located on the 3rd floor of a block apartments (no lift). The hallway constantly smelt of weed but luckily the apartment itself didn't. The space was fairly big but cluttered with a lot of Rez' personal items. My advice is that if you have strong beliefs about fur not to stay in this apartment due to the fact animal furs decorated the back of the sofa (which we didn't mind) but I know some people have fairly strong opinions on this. The shower worked well until our 5th day (which was our last) where we couldn't get any hot water through. We were provided with two fans in the apartment however this didn't help on a couple of nights when the humidity in the apartment was unbearable. All towels and linens were provided and kitchen has utensils to cook with though these weren't used on our visit.
We met Rez at the apartment prior to our stay, as we were already in NYC, to pick up the keys as Rez was going out of town during our stay. When we arrived Rez's friend Steve was just finishing preparing the apartment for us and kindly helped us with all our suitcases up the stairs! He also recommended restaurants in the area, to which we visited Dutch Boys burgers on Franklin ave. For the price it was good value, would possibly stay here again.