Our family really enjoyed staying at this rental. First, the space: There's a front room, a small bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom. The apartment was extraordinarily clean, and the restored paneling and wood floors are lovely. The bathroom is renovated with high-end fixtures and tile. The host: Benjamin was helpful and considerate, communicating effectively. He left a few snacks and some drinks in the fridge to welcome us, as well as some ground coffee to use with the provided French press, which we appreciated. He invited us to join his family for a backyard movie night, and even offered to give us his street parking space so we wouldn't have to worry with moving for the street sweeper, which was very generous. The neighborhood: This part of Bed-Stuy is about one-fifth gentrified (with the house containing this rental definitely one of the pioneers), so the neighborhood is really culturally diverse. There's lots of hip-hop music and clusters of people hanging on the corner, old guys giving back-slapping hugs and grandmas living in houses that could use work alongside some hipsters and young families renovating some of the old brownstones. At first it felt rough around the edges, but a day's experience made us feel comfortable and safe. The beer-and-sandwich bodegas that have been there since the beginning of time still predominate, but now there's a hipster coffee shop and even two new organic neighborhood groceries. Everyone seems to tolerate each other well, and it makes for a really interesting place. Overall, we felt like staying in this neighborhood lent a richness to our stay that we wouldn't have gotten at some generic hotel in Manhattan. The walk to the subway isn't bad, and the ride to Manhattan is pretty quick. Benjamin explained that the rest of Brooklyn is pretty drivable, and we took advantage, heading over to Park Slope one night for dinner. Street parking is free, but you do have to watch hydrants and remember to observe alternate-side parking, explained on signs on each block. No one bothered our BMW over the four days it was parked there, though we picked up a screw in our tire from some ongoing renovation or other. :-) Recommended.