Helena is an excellent host. She was really fast with answering to any of our emails. She was very welcoming and her place was really clean, styled and organized. She gave us tips on where to go for eating and she kept asking from day to day if our stay was good or if we needed something. So yes, I do recommend.
The room was simple and perfectly clean and organized. The bed super comfortable. For the summer there is air conditioner and a fan. I do recommend for anyone sensible to noise to bring good earplugs, since not only there, but in general New York is sooooo loud! I had to sleep with earplugs and the fan on.
The house has a very good connection since the Subway "L" runs right at the corner of the street. This line connects with Manhattan, so it was fast to get from Williamsburg in Brooklyn area with Bushwick and into Manhattan with where the awesome barrios such as East Village, Soho, Greenwich and West Village area are. If you arrive at JFK Airport, you only have to take the Airtrain which will leave you at Howard Beach Subway Station (Blue Line A,C) from there you go till Broadway Jct where you switch to Subway Station (Gray Line L) and get out at Grand St.
The Williamsburg Area offers pretty good places for eating, second-hand shops, etc... Bushwick which is the neighbor neighborhood is an industrial area with some food, shops, gallery places... All the lower Manhattan area is pretty cool. The city is huge! So if you like walking like me, just be aware that you will be losing tons of time to get from one place to another. So, I d recommend you take the subway from now and then.
Ok, I got excited... Any doubt you might encounter, Helena would help. She was really amazing. So, if you are looking for a place to feel secure and comfortable, stay with her. She is not one of this many pretentious hosts. All she asks is for respect concerning the neighbors and her time too. So, no party and loud noises are allowed. If I go back to NY, I would look forward to staying with her again.