Me and my friend are so happy we choose to stay at Barbaras! First of all, Barbara herself is a super nice person, and so are her boys. We arrived really late because we got stuck at the immigration office at the airport, but even though Barbara was getting up very early the next morning she greeted us with a smile and even made us tea. Kevin, her son, was fantastic and very, very helpful to us. We had a private room with a super comfy bed (!) and the location is very convinient close to both the subway and other things you might need like delis and pizza. The Q train takes you to Manhattan in about ten minutes, it has very good stops (in our opinion the "best" line) and in 20-25 minutes you're at Times Square. If I come back to NYC I would probably try and stay at Barbaras again, and so says my travel partner.