Staying in the apartment was fantastic. It's in easy walking distance of three subway stations, with one just around the corner. This is important because on an evening, subway stations can close so it's nice to know you can always go to the other one!
The guestbook has some great recommendations for restaurants. Definitely go to Speedy Romeos! The St Louis Pizza is the best we've ever had. Download the Open Table app and use it to book all of your restaurants for the evening ahead. It's dead easy and is hassle free.
We took a yellow taxi from JFK to the apartment which cost $55. It's a 50 min journey. We used Jayride to book an execucar back to the airport. It's expensive but worth it if you want to feel presidential!
Our hosts were fantastic. Very communicative. The neighbourhood is nice too. The apartment is bigger (wider) than it looks in the pictures and the cable projector TV is awesome...they have every channel, so we were able to relax and watch Game of Thrones and all our usual stuff when we needed down time...which we did during our 12 day stay.
Try Dough, which is a doughnut shop round the corner. Fantastic doughnuts. Try Clementines for a sandwich and morning coffee to go...across the road from Speedy Romeo at the end of the street.
Should we come back to New York we wouldn't hesitate to book this apartment again.