Linda was a fantastic host, excellent communication and even filled the fridge with basics like bagels and orange juice for our arrival. She has a lovely cosy home in a great area of Brooklyn. We were there with our 3 kids in the high of the summer and the house was a nice cool escape from the heat and craziness of central Manhattan with excellent quick transport link (F subway) into town. Great area, shops, cafes, very safe and still very New York in feel. Only comment I would make was the garden was overgrown when we went so not very usable.