Michele´s place was lovely, big, luminous and with everything we could possibly want. The area itself is upncoming, you can feel the transition and the rough edges but also is one of the few places where you can still find some of the best early XX Century architecture in Brooklyn. The place is the basement flat of a superb brownstone in the area of Bedford-Stuyvesant. Sadly we arrived at a time of unseasonal hot weather and we did have some issues with the heat, but she was always accommodating, answering immediately and doing everything she could to make us feel happy in her place. In general, a great hostess and a lovely place to stay.