This place is a solid 4 for Brooklyn area. It's simple, clean, cost effective with easy parking. It is definitely not fancy and the bed (as advertised) is a bunk bed so not super comfortable. I wouldn't call it "the heart" of Brooklyn, it's very residential in the middle of East Flatbush/ greater Brooklyn. One needs to drive (as we did, faster) or take a train/bus for avg of 50min. In the end, we ended up only sleeping there, leaving early and arriving late as returning in the middle of the day would be 45mins round trip to central Brooklyn. All that being said, this is good money value, felt safe, and clean. Note: the area the house is in feels pretty safe and residential, there are areas around it that are less safe (as Brooklyn friends shared) but the area itself felt fine. Lydia was easy to communicate with.