Tyler rents out his room in apartment shared with one roommate. The room is located reasonably well, although the neighborhood is somewhat sketchy (as evidenced by police with assault rifles walking the streets at night). The fact that Tyler didn't respond in the 48 or so hours before our arrival meant we were walking around there with travel luggage and valuables at 10PM at night with no way to enter the apartment. Combined with the heat this was a thoroughly unpleasant but completely avoidable experience.
The room is towards the back of the building. There are regular parties back there and there is a church nearby meaning that there is a limited number of hours during which it is actually quiet at night (altough this should come as no surprise in Brooklyn/NYC). The bed is comfortable and large and the room is clean. However, New York gets really hot during the summers (even at night) and despite the room facing relatively north, the temperature is downright uncomfortable at night. Tyler's roommate provided us with what he believed to be an AC (which was nothing more than an air filter which just adds more heat) leaving us sweating through the nights as well as the days.