My New York stay at Beth's place was perfect. Her house is in a beautiful neighborhood with only detached houses. The Q line subway station to Manhattan is a 10 minute safe walk away and several local bus stops are nearby. She decorated her house with an artistic, colorful taste (she is an art major) which I found very cute and the shared bathroom always maintained immaculately clean. She offered not only the coffee and breakfast every morning but also all the information and advice to save your time and money. According to her advice, I did my shopping at King's Plaza and Amazing Savings and it was very satisfactory. The 2 cats living with her are so cute and friendly. Sometimes one of them visited my room.( Empanada, I miss you!) There were 2 other guests from Germany and Japan and they both were students. It was impressive that she took care of the girls safely, like a mother. I thought if I sent my children to New York, I'd like to make them stay at Beth's house. I'd say I had a great time in NYC and much of it was thanks to her.