We had a great stay at Sophie's place in Crown Heights. The apartment is spacious, tidy,well equipped for cooking and even has Netflix.
It takes a little while to get into manhatten, but we found once we were in for the day we stayed in so it didn't matter too much. The apartment price definitely makes up for it. You can also easily access Williamsburg by changing from our line to the L which was great. At night a taxi would only cost around $25 plus tip and was about a 20 min drive.
Sophie was very helpful settling us in. She was there to great us and gave us an apartment tour, offered us metcards and showed us local takeaway menus. We had no issues what-so-ever.
Thanks for a great stay!