We had a great time staying at Ade's apartment. The place was very comfortable, exactly like on the photos. It was a hot week in New York but the air con worked fine. The bed was comfortable and the decor made you feel instantly at home. Wifi was excellent and a decent sized TV with Netflix which we didn't use once because there were more exciting things to do.

As mentioned, the apartment block is very quiet ... amazing given how close it is to the main road of restaurants, shops and bars of Bedford Avenue.

We walked around day and night in perfectly safe environment. We took Ade up on some recommended places to eat and they were all great local places, well researched.

It was easy walking distance to all points of interest in Williamsburg, from the vintage market to the regular street food festival and East River Ferry, providing access to other parts of Brooklyn, downtown NYC and Governor's Island.

The short walk to different subways meant getting into the city was very fast, particularly areas such as East Village and Park Slope. We regularly went from the heart of the city back to the apartment within 20-30 minutes, a good escape when the crowds got too much in Manhattan.

Ade welcomed in and helped us up with the bags on day 1. There is no lift but compared to subways, a few flights of stairs was not a problem. Again, on departure day she was very accommodating letting us leave the bags and helping us with getting them down again.