I stayed at Lorna’s wonderful place for 4 days. It was my very first time in NYC coming from California and was quite nervous traveling alone.
Since my cousin lives in Brooklyn she came with me the first night just to check in and we were both greeted kindly right away by her son Nathaniel after a late check in (flight came in at 6pm) as Lorna had an unexpected meeting (which was perfectly fine). Nathaniel immediately gave a tour of the place which I was amazed how clean, cute, and spacious it was. He also mentioned that Lorna provided bagels, fresh fruit, juice, yogurt, cream cheese, and chips!!! I was so grateful and amazed that she had provided that- which saved me time and money on breakfast (thank you Lorna! It was so appreciated and thoughtful.)
The bed was comfy, bathroom was clean, plus towels! Sink space was a little small but that’s just my preference. The only thing was that there are 3 keys to enter her place, in which the 2nd door was a little difficult to figure out, but I got a hang of it. It is a very quiet complex- you can hear everything that happens above you but nothing so obnoxious as it was still very peaceful. I, myself was a little worried about making too much noise walking around since the floors did squeak in certain areas (such as the dining area).
In terms of the subway - SO AMAZING how close the A/C train was (Franklin Ave & norstrand) which leads STRAIGHT into manhattan (so convenient!). Literally right around the corner from her place; roughly 5 minutes to the C train and about 10 min to the A train on Norstrand.
Lorna also checked in with me periodically to make sure all was well and kindly asked that I make sure to turn down the heat when I’m not in the home (which at first I didn’t know I had to do and which she also missed to tell me when I first got there as we didn’t meet initially), however I did meet her on the 3rd day of my stay and she was so pleasant!
Overall, I had such a great experience with Lorna and her place just felt like home the entire time and would recommend her to all my friends and family who’d want to travel to NYC! Thank you Lorna!!