The location was great. This is real living like a local. So you'll hear people yelling in the street at nights and youth playing basketball in the park in the morning. You can walk to almost anything or take the subway which was not super close but close enough for most anyone. The markets are plentiful. Carlos answered all of my pre trip quesrions quickly. During our stay the kitchen was a fully functioning kitchen. We loved to cook because modest meals in NYC were way more ewxpensive than we anticipated so we saved money having a kitchen but groceries were expensive too. The bedroom bed was very firm and the pull out was much nicer than most. The home has tons of linens rather than just a few and since we stayed 9 days we were really grateful for that. The apartment complex itself was super quiet. We hardly even heard the water run from other units.