Yaw thank you for your hospitality and providing such a great place to rest our heads at night.
Yaw's apartment was just as described! It was a nice walkup apartment in a great neighborhood. The apartment was spacious and gave plenty of room to spread out while enjoying the city. The apartment was clean and had most of the necessities. There are a couple of things to be aware of the apartment only has one air-condition and it cools the living room nicely, but the bedrooms stay pretty warm, especially during the day time. There were only two towels provided and only one bed had a blanket, which didn't matter since it was warm in the bedroom.
Check-in was a breeze! Yaw provided a lockbox and a code for a late checkin. Yaw was very accommodating. Our departure was pushed back several hours and he allowed us to leave our bags in the apartment past the checkout time allowing us more time to explore.
The location is great. The apartment is at a busy intersection and you could hear the traffic in the living room but it was pretty quiet in the bedrooms. I liked the busy intersection when we came back late at night. We never felt unsafe. There are two separate subways within a 15 minute walk which make getting to Manhattan or Coney Island easy. During non-peak time it is about a 35 minute ride to either location. There is a bus stop at the apartment and separate bus a block away which will take you to the heart of Brooklyn in about 30 minutes.
It was about a 40 minute taxi-ride from LGA, roughly $50, at 10:30pm. You can expect at least an hour during the day. I have stayed in the area multiple times and have always travel from LGA via the M60 bus to the Q train and it is at least an hour ride. So either way it is about the same. If you Drive just be aware there is limited parking in the area.