Jeff and Alex were wonderful hosts, and did their best to make my daughter and I feel at home. Jeff was super responsive with questions I had about transportation (the train line we initally intended to take from Penn Station had significant delay issues on the Friday afternoon we arrived, but we were able to get on an alternate line with Jeff’s help), and was happy to offer us suggestions for places to eat nearby after our long travel day. Their cats April and Franklin were delights (especially the kitten, Franklin, who loved to play with us) and my daughter really appreciated their company.
The guest’s bedroom is large and the two beds are both comfortable. There’s a round table and chairs in the bedroom to eat at or play games, and temperature can be controlled both by a fan and an air conditioner unit (which wasn’t an issue for us as the weather was mild during our visit). The kitchen and common living area is small (the galley kitchen really couldn’t fit more than one person at a time), but we appreciated having our own bar fridge to store food in. The bathroom has been remodeled at some point and the shower is quite large and has two rainfall showerheads, which was a very nice start to the day. Appreciated all of the extra towels and the heated towel bars.
Jeff’s appartment is on the ground level, but at no time did we feel unsafe, as there are at least two secured doors between the street and every entrance to the suite. My daughter and I had come to New York to see Paul Simon’s farewell concert in Queens (incredible!), and when we also wanted to check out a Broadway musical, Alex was happy to provide recommendations on the best shows to see in town. We appreciated our North Manhattan location’s proximity to Central Park and all of the museums and cultural institutions nearby. The neighbourhood is strongly Latino (I heard more Spanish spoken than English), and it was fun to walk the streets surrounding our place with its strong sense of community (we encountered birthday and anniversary parties spread out on the sidewalks and in the parks we went through).
We had an incredible time during our short stay in New York, and will definitely come back!