Staying with Andy is not like staying in a hotel, at all. It's better.

Both Andy and his apartment felt like the real New York experience, as did Andy's permanent roommate Keith. And that in and off itself is something you cannot pay for.

Like stated in the description of the place, the apartment is nothing fancy, but it's genuine and welcoming, and I, for my part, will take that over golden taps/faucets anyday.

Andy rents more than one bed in his apartment, so I got to meet a lot of new people during my stay there, and that makes for a very nice side effect - you're not only staying with some guy from Brooklyn, you're also meeting a lot of people, hear a lot of stories about places all over the world; from the guests and from the residents themselves.

I greatly enjoyed my stay with Andy and took advantage of the two minute walk to the next subway station. It is just as Andy wrote in his description: Book your stay with Andy, and New York is yours to explore.

Even though I stayed out late a few times, I never felt threatened in the neighbourhood. In fact, it was way quiter than I had expected any place in New York to be and the bed is the most amazing matress that can happen to your back.
After a day of running around Manhattan, you can hear it call to you from very far away, letting you know you're missed. And once you reach homebase after a long day, you get to choose whether to lie down and rest your feet in your room, or sit down with whoever's there at the time and exchange stories and experiences. I highly advice you to do the latter, even though I rarely got the chance to do so - my only regret after a week with Andy.