We had a great stay at this lovely home in Maspeth. It is clean and comfortable inside and has been recently, beautifully remodeled. The owners were very attentive and responded quickly and kindly when we contacted them. There are many thoughtful touches around the house, like the toy bin for young children. We really loved it and highly recommend this affordable, clean, safe, comfy home.
** It is not the owners' fault, but finding parking is an important limitation of this house. When you plan your visit keep in mind that reliably parking a car on the street in the neighborhood is practically impossible. We had lived in Astoria for years, so we knew parking in NYC is a challenge. Plus the ad mentions the difficulty of parking. But the parking difficulty we experienced was way more than we expected. When we asked the owners' help (after getting a ticket and barely escaping two (!) towing scares), they were responsive and helpful and suggested we try parking in front of the driveway that their own house shares with another residence and leave a note with our contact information to ensure the neighbors would have a way to contact us if they needed our car to move. Even after we did all of that, we woke up to find an angry note from the neighbors about our car being in the driveway.
Bottom line: This is not the owners' fault, but the nature of the neighborhood mean that you will definitely not be able to park your car reliably here and it can get quite stressful not to know if you are going to be able to find your car where you left it. A better choice would be to park your car in a long-term lot somewhere and go to and from this house by public transportation or rideshare.