This place was an awesome stay! The subway is literally a five minute walk and honestly, it's not horrible going to downtown in Manhattan. Last year my boyfriend and I stayed in Harlem and we feel that it was more congested on subways and took us the same amount of time as it did coming from Pelham Bay. So, the commute was not bad at all and pretty quiet for the most part from Pelham Bay. My boyfriend's and my favorite part was coming back to a clean homey place for us to eat our dinner and watch some TV. It was most definitely a relaxing place and the location was awesome! We wish the weather was a lot better, then we could have enjoyed the patio a lot better. Just note, that this is a downstairs unit, so you do hear a lot of movement/noise coming from upstairs (which I think is pretty standard if you live in a multiple unit house) However, the place is beautiful and honestly we'd love to stay here again for our next trip. The hosts were great also! Very caring and wanted to make sure we were pleased with our visit. They were the sweetest!