Pierce's flat is a really cosy comfortable spotlessly clean ground floor flat looking out onto a beautiful leafy garden (a picture to watch the squirrels!). When I arrived, to my surprise I found all the staples, fresh milk, coffee, tea, fruit juice, fresh eggs, even pasta - so there was no need to rush out and search for a shop to even make a first cup of coffee. Pierce gave me very useful information about the area and there is a file in the house with even more. The area is really very nice and tranquil (there's a Trader Joe just a few minutes away), full of cafés, small shops of ethnic foods, designer clothes. It is just a hop away (one stop on the tube) to Wall Street so really very central. The walk along the coast that looks over to Manhatten all the way to Dumbo is splendid. If ever I come back to New York, I shall certainly try to book Pierce'd flat again.