Tom’s apartment is really charming, and the backyard patio is a huge bonus. Very nice kitchen, and it is indeed stocked with lots of miscellaneous equipment, but nothing at all to help with minor cooking (bring your own salt and pepper!). I didn’t play close enough attention to the transit info and so was dismayed that it’s more than a mile to the subway, but the bus lines are perfect, and best of all, I discovered the NYC ferries for the first time! So fast and cheap to get to Manhattan.