Rickey's place is outstanding, especially for a week-long work stay like I had: contemporary design, great door people, a washer/dryer, full kitchen, and the amazing diner 2 blocks away (your breakfast club, certainly).

Do not be skeptical of Queens either. The place is 2 minutes to Socrates Sculpture Park & the Noguchi Museum, and a 10 minute walk to the N & Q trains. You'll be at 59th & Lex then in 15 minutes, with above ground phone service on the train till the tunnel.

I lived in NYC for many years, and the neighborhood is still the real New York, with people from everywhere in the world who are only too happy to direct to you to the best bodega sandwich shop or late night liquor store. And the newer NYC means that there are cabs and livery cars everywhere.

And Rickey is communicative and quick on the draw. Please help NYers like Rickey keep Air-B-n-B available in the city. An old law, aimed at mass landlords, is trying to shut these great opportunities & hosts down. I could not have afforded this important business trip without Rickey's place--nor contributed to the NYC economy for 10 days. It shouldn't all be $350 hotel rooms in mid-town--sorry. There's a petition going around here--sign it!