My husband and I have lived in NYC for 7 years and stayed at Karen's apartment after returning to the city from a sabbatical. Her home exceeds your average NYC apartment in many ways - it's in an extremely calm and quiet location and features central heat/ac, large windows with great light, strong water pressure, a washer/dryer in unit, and a full size gas oven/range. We stayed at Karen's place for a month and found it comfortable and conveniently located both to the Q train and within walking distance of great stores and restaurants as well as Central Park and Carl Schurz Park.