I stayed with Tom for four weeks in Awesome Loft while completing a four week medical clerkship at Wyckoff Hospital. Here is the story:

ammenities
—> 6 blocks away from the grocery store
—> 3 blocks from Jefferson stop L-train
—> 8 blocks from Wyckoff Hospital (important if you are a rotating medical student 3rd or 4th year)
—> 6 blocks from the post office and boxing gym
—>3 blocks away from yoga studio ($40/4 weeks!)
—> walking distance from Planet Fitness gym
—> in house laundry facility

notes
—> The loft is very clean-- you could eat off the floors.
—>Tom cook fresh everyday, and will on occasion share their meal.
—> Many great places to eat- favorite meals outside of the ones home cooked were from the Gyro Cart parked outside of Wyckoff hospital, and from the taco store annexed to the tortilla shell factory on Starr and Wyckoff street. Ate a few times at the pizza shop a few blocks up on Cypress, wasn’t bad.
—> The environment of the loft is very chic and smart; e.g. rugged repurposed wood structure and shelving flowing with the modern aesthetics of stainless steel kitchen.
—> interesting place to observe Brooklyn Hipster culture. You will on occasion see interesting styles and unusual pieces like a fur coat over leggings on a girl interspersed with the more ubiquitous “beard with ray bans and flannel shirt over skinny jeans tucked into nike dunks”.
—> loft is located right next to an outdoor urban art gallery spanning multiple blocks within 100 yards called “The Bushwick Collective” with 50+ murals you can check out.
—> There’s a boxing gym near the post office just past the grocery store. Can learn a lot in 4 weeks— I started sparring in the ring by week two. The coaching there is good and focused— coming from someone who has trained in more than one.
—> if you are into single speed or fixed gear bikes, there is so much bike porn. Every other bike you see has NJS parts, has “flopped and chopped” handlebar, etc.
—>plenty of on-street parking
—>the Planet Fitness here isn’t as wussified as most— e.g. this one at least has free weights

Overall:

Awesome loft is a clean/chic/rugged loft with a respectful host. Would highly recommend. Staying here was a great journey. Host offered just enough hand-holding to help get acquainted with the area, but was respectful of my autonomy. Tom is not only a good host, but a good person. He got me out of a few pinches; most recently when I left the lights of my Jeep running overnight and needed a jumpstart to get moving. It was an unexpected privilege making a friendship I could take back with me.

I’m sure there are a lot of great places to stay in Brooklyn through AirBnB— but AWESOME LOFT is several cuts above them all based on much of what i’ve experienced and hopefully conveyed through this review. Happy travels.