We stayed with our four kids at the apartment. All of us enjoy every detail that Rafael and Ivona take care at the place with love. We felt home inmediately.
We didn't have problems to go every day to Manhattan via Staten Island Ferry (15 minutes walking aprox).
The neighborhood is safe (even late night) and if you want to stay at the apartment there's a lot of restaurants to buy some food near the place.
Definitely I'd stay again for my future NYC visits.