We stayed at Brooke's place for a few days. The location is impeccable as it it close to everything and in a very nice neighborhood. A true NYC brownstone built in the early part of the 1900's. We met Brooke on the first day and she seemed like a very nice person. Overall we had a great experience, but there are some parts where this host can improve. Communication is one of them, there were times were it took a couple days for the host to respond back to emails. Also, something that left a sour taste is when Brooke emailed us back and told us that our cleaning fee was incorrect in the original booking, and she raised it by over 100%. We were in a bind and had to agree to the doubling of our cleaning fee otherwise we would have pushed back. This happened AFTER the reservation was confirmed and booked. She has only done this a few times, so it is understandable that she is still getting the hang of being an Airbnb host and getting used to setting fees/extra costs, etc. Despite the two aforementioned issues, we would no doubt stay in Brooke's house again. Thanks!