Linda and her family are definitely in a league of their own when it comes to Airbnb hosts!
Let me start by saying that this is a wonderful place to stay for anyone looking for a little more space and amenities than the average NYC Airbnb can offer (a private apartment with it’s own bathroom AND a full kitchen!), in a great safe neighborhood with a fantastic multi-cultural personality. Linda goes above and beyond-more than just offering a place to stay, she enables you to have the smoothest visit possible and offers a lot of great extras like parking and pickup options and really goes out of her way to make sure you have what you need. Clear, fast communication and a friendly and efficient host. So for anyone traveling to the city, this is a great Airbnb.
But it’s particularly ideal if you are traveling with young kids. Linda and her family have set up the space to be comfortable for everyone in the family-lots of places to sleep, toys and essentials like packnplay, high chair, potty seats are available as well as thoughtful touches like childproofed furniture and device charging stations, removable soft floor surface for crawling babies and toddlers, etc. We were traveling with a 7 month old and the homey aspects of Linda’s place and her helpfulness in so many ways really made a trip that could have been very stressful much more smooth. What a lovely individual she is-we felt like friends rather than customers!
I also loved the area-although some have mentioned noisy streets, this was actually rather quiet for a city neighborhood and the apartment itself was very quiet inside-we had no trouble with street noise at night. The area is very safe and on the many pleasant walks we took we felt like it was almost like being in a dozen countries at once with all the different cultures represented in businesses, restaurants and places of worship and the families we interacted with in the parks and common spaces.
As far as getting into the city, I had business in Manhattan every day of our stay and found the commute very straightforward and easy-this line of the subway is easy to figure out and pretty fast since you don’t need transfers-a 30 minute subway ride after the 12 minute walk to the subway.
All in all a fantastic experience and we will definitely stay here again if/when we’re back in the area again!