I very much like Brooklyn and stay there each time I'm in New York. This particular neighbourhood is quieter than many but leafy and pleasant and very useful for transport links. The apartment is a basement/garden one so a little dark and perhaps has less of a homely feel than some I've stayed in, but its very spacious for New York, comfortable and very clean. I really liked having access to the small garden and Christopher has some of the best-looking chickens I have come across... I'd stay there again.