Barbara owns a cozy apartment uptown and it is very convenient if you are coming from JFK. Take the air train towards Howard Beach, make one change to A line metro and off you go to the station near her place (145th Street). A tip for future traveller, if you stop at Euclid, you can change to the A line express metro that has lesser stops and can get to her place way faster.
Barbie is easy to reach and she respond quickly to questions, especially for first timer to NYC like me. We got to her place quick late in the night, in fact, it's almost 1 in the morning and she patiently waited for us. She's also very willing to share on any travel related advises that we could think of. Kudos to her. Her place basically have everything, laundry, strong hair dryer, curling rods, Netflix, warm heating during the winter and etc.
My wife and I are very pleased with Barbara and her place and we'll definitely choose to stay with her in the future ;)