I had a great time in the BIG APPLE this past weekend and the appartment we stayed at was just what we needed. It is spotless clean and bright! I was there with my 2 children and we were impress by the organization: all in place, instructions for key things (internet, recycling, etc). Rennee and Sergei were very kind and it is obvious the do put a lot of care to these properties. With respect to area: I would recommed taking A subway line to Manhatthan as it is express (C is not and takes forever) and for a nice early morninig breakfast I would walk west on Jefferson to go down on Norstrand to stop by Delia's ... AmAzInG food!!! If a place to eat is not your interest, then I'd recommend to get to Norstrand using Marcy south/north and fulton est/west.