Maybe you don't think about Brooklyn as a place to stay when you're visiting NY, but trust me, this is a great place to launch from. I've stayed in a couple of places in Brooklyn but this neighborhood is close to good people, good food, and not far from the subway that can take you to all the sight seeing you need to get to. Visit the places in Brooklyn but stay here to relax, get out and see the sights of NY and come back to here to relax, get up the next morning for coffee and bagel(s). At night, after seeing what you needed to see, the night life and good food is within two blocks or maybe three. It's good food and a good neighborhood that you will be comfortable about. Truly, it will be like staying at your friend's house that you haven't seen in a long time but you just needed a place to stay. Woody was our host when we showed up, but we felt like we met an old friend (it helped that he was my age and we had some things in common).