My sister and I stayed for a week at Mary and Josh's place. We are working professionals in our early 30s who live in London - originally from Ireland - and we were attracted to the apartment because of the area and its ease of access to many parts of New York.

Mary and Josh were wonderful hosts and the apartment itself was really spacious and well equipped. Eggs and milk and lovely bagels were provided for our first morning stay which we gladly gobbled up! There are also plenty food shops so we found it very easy to get settled when we arrived and trek off to the various bits we saw in New York. The subway stops are also really close and it is VERY reasonably priced at $30 for a weekly ticket; as Londoners, we were amazed at this. I think a lot of Europeans would find this apartment really homely and also luxurious which is a lovely combination.

New York is really what you make of it and I would recommend the Bed-Stuy area to people if you want to see a New York that is not just Manhattan.