Taxi ride from JFK is approximately thirty minutes, by train it would be more than an hour and it might be a little bit tiring. Apartment was good, especially the locality - it's like five minutes from the train that takes you to the city centre. At the beginning we had a few problems. Check in was ok and easy (we had received code for the door before we arrived) but apartment wasn't cleaned which was really uncomfortable since we had been traveling all day. Communication was great and cleaning lady came quickly to clean it, but there was dust and somebody else's body hair under the bed even though apartment had been cleaned. You share the common space with a family living there, so there's noise from children playing and watching TV shows. The bed was really comfy and the kitchen was sufficient.