Courtney's place is just awesome. Great host and location. There is a bus stop that can drop you at the nearest metro station just at the other side of the street and also by crossing the community park you can get to the Astoria Ferry station. Do grab one ferry heading down to the wall street station to get an awesome city view 'tour" for the price of a single ride and then walk a bit to get to the other free ferry with a view to the statue of liberty. 🗽 You can then tour the Financial District and get another ferry back home at dusk to get a view of the city and it's lights at dusk. I highly recommend this place if you have a long or short trip to NYC.