Emma is a great host, she has welcomed us with a big shinny smiled, gave us good advices about NYC, her house is really a great place to live and cook ! There are many mexicans shops around, not expensive to get everything u need to cook a great "soul food" in the kitchen fully equipped when u get bored about going to restaurant, or fell like "staying home and relax". I liked also to spend sometimes in the backyard in the morning when the sun is rising, to have a walk by the river; and it is just perfect to take a train, 145th station is at 3 mn walking from the house...
I love Sugar Hill style, cross cultures, roots of jazz, soul, funky, bluesy music feel in the air... For me it was just perfect and I would love to come back there...