Apartment - deceptively spacious, quirky with arty touches. Quiet location.
HUGE very comfy bed.
The best night's sleep I have ever had outside my own place!
Only minor quibble was -we would have loved use of a Microwave oven.
Location - great transport links. Take the Q express train, sit on the right side of carriage to admire the magnificent view of Brooklyn Bridge. 10 mins to Canal Street/Chinatown and 20 mins to Times Square.
Or walk 25 mins to Brooklyn Heights and visit the " Fruit"streets
(Cranberry, Pineapple and Orange). Walk down Montague street to the end to experience another "wow" view of NY harbour, Manhattan Skyline,Lady liberty and Bridges.
Join the locals and go for walk or run or dog walk in Prospect Park on Sunday morning ( 2.3k from apt)
Connection to JFK: take C, then A train to Howard Beach station then Airtrain ( total cost of journey $ 7.50 pp one way).
Takes around an hour, much prefer this to the taxi experience I had previously ( stuck in traffic )
Shopping - lots of local delis and Target supermarket in the mall. Fulton Mall for general retail therapy.
Fantastic pop up Farmers market alongside Fort Greene Park Sat morning. Buy your fruit, veg, fish, jams, breads and cheeses etc then take a stroll back through the park, visit the memorial museum ( free).
Smith Street is great for boutiques, bakeries and bistros.
Paisano - great butcher, for organic meat, italian sausages, pasta and other italian staples..
Restaurants- Just few hundred meters up DeKalb Ave is a lovely bistro style place - "Walter's".
It was so good we went twice.
Good quality American fayre, fab drinks, attentive service, very reasonable prices (for NY)
Junior's restaurant ( corner DeKalb/Flatbush Ave) was recommended to us by a local for their cheesecake but frankly I found it bit artificial and cloying.