I stayed with Kartika and her family for nearly eleven weeks during the COVID-19 outbreak in NYC. I'm a nurse and obtained a contract to help care for patients at a local hospital. Kartika and I were able to have an honest discussion about how to keep everyone safe at home during the outbreak, and she was more than accommodating for me and my night shift schedule!
The bedroom is so much bigger than I was expecting! The A/C works wonderfully well (so critical in a NYC summer!), and Kartika gives you full access to her kitchen if you need to cook/make coffee/store some food. The apartment is literally around the corner from the M and R lines, which will take you straight into Manhattan in less than half an hour. She's close to the vibrant neighborhoods and restaurants along Broadway and Roosevelt.
But it's really the little things that make all the difference. Need an umbrella? She's got one. Need to borrow sandals to head to the basement and do laundry? Done. Need to print something? It's ready to go. She is so friendly and helpful, and I feel so very lucky to have found her in the middle of the chaos of the pandemic.
Thank you again Kartika!