It's a quiet residential area with many friendly restaurants to explore and mostly loved the fact that I could walk around central park so easily and to all the museums on the east. Convenient access to metro to get to midtown and downtown also. Didn't get the chance to meet Sandy but she gave me all the tips and guides needed to get around, it really felt like having a friend checking up on me while I was visiting the city! 16hrs of flight from HK, but will def come back to NYC!!