We will stay at this same place as soon as we have the opportunity to visit NYC again.
The house looks deceptively small. However, it turned out to be larger than we needed... with five sleeping areas and six beds we could have fit eight guests easily even though this stay was for only two adults, one senior, and two children. The house has a backyard with a table, and chairs, and a grill, and gets shade during the hot summer afternoons making it quite comfortable to relax before dinner. The eating areas in the kitchen and dining room gave us plenty of elbow room during breakfast; there were plenty of utensils, dinnerware, and cooking pots , enough to cook for an army squad if needed. We were even able to have a driveway parking spot for our monster SUV, a Chevy Suburban we drove from the Southwest to Brooklyn.
On our first day, walking home after midnight from the subway station was uncomfortable, but it was just our apprehensions. By the third night we were comfortable coming back at 1 or 2 in the morning since there were plenty of people walking about, plenty of lighting, plenty of auto traffic to make us feel safe. Every single night we came home after 11 pm, and it was just as if it had been 11 in the morning. Friday and Saturday were just a bit noisier, and it seemed everyone on the streets was out late, talking, playing dominos, listening to music. The greater neighborhood came alive Friday and Saturday nights, and it was a joy to see and hear so many people as we walked home from the subway station.
It was quite convenient to have a supermarket and a laundromat within half a block of the house. And the best part was having the laundromat wash and fold our laundry while we were out and about in Manhattan. And the house has a folding cart we used to carry our laundry back and forth.
This was our first experience with Airbnb, and we were pleased with the ease of booking, ease of checking in and out, and with the savings we realized compared to staying in a hotel suite.