To whoever are thinking to stay at Hind's residence,
I have had a very restful and comfortable stay at Hind & Sid place at Middle Village in Queens. The neighbourhood is peaceful & secure. I went to USA as a Guest Conductor in the music field & sometimes I finished working at midnight downtown. There was no problem to arrive late & walk those 10 minutes to the house. Hind was worried about the noise that the cat could produce, hahaha, nothing to worry about it. I didn't even hear him.
Hind was very kind in picking me up at Woodheaven Station the first day, when I got lost, thinking that 61 St at Woodside was closer to their residence. This was a wrong info that was given to me by a Lady at JFK Airtrain Information office. As I said before, 61 St, Lane, Road, Av, Drive are all different. You have to pay attention to the Zipe Code. I didn't have many of the applications that you must have if you're coming to NY (Subway, Bus, Air Train, Uber, etc)
Even though my stay was excellent I would recommend new visitors, in case they like to cook their own food, to take a potato peeler which I think it'll be useful. Also an orange/lemon plastic squeezer. The refrigerator is rather small with no freezer. Though it's very good for a short stay I would suggest to melt the ice of the small section for ice since it's difficult to put things in it and sometimes it licks a little. I am fond of ice in my drinks but there was no chance to produce ice. For some people I also think they should know that the WC is too close to the wall and some fat people may have some problem in fitting there.
On the other hand heating was excellent, same as hot water in the bathrroom. I only use one towel but there were lots to use. The bed was supper. Same as TV with Netflix. The rear garden is also beautiful and if you smoke you can use this part of the house to do it, though I recommend no to smoke. I was in the process of quiting, so not being allowed to smoke was very good for me.
Sid, Hind's husband, was very kind in driving me to Woodside station one day that I had to go to Deer Park and I had to take the LIRR train. I like to walk around so I didn´t bother in asking to be taken to the station, but they were always offering it.
I also would like to thank Hind who has taken me to Middle Village Subway station the day I left.
In 40 minutes you can be downtown and Subway doesn´t stop all night and during weekends. Hind was very kind in letting some food like eggs, milk, mayonaise, ketchup, cookies, etc. She said that she was not going to charge for it. So I recommend to replace cooking stuff. I couldn´t do it for all the items since I did not have much time but I bought some other ones. I stayed six nights at Hind's & Sid place and really it was very nice for me.
So, even though I've written certain recommendations I consider this is a very good place to stay and I would recommend it to everyone. I hope I can repeat my experience there in a future time. I have been in NY like 12 times, but always in Manhattan. This was my first time in Queens, and I agree with what Sid says about living in NY but not downtown with all that noise and sorrounded by high buildings.
It was a pleasure to be here. Great recommendation about this place!
Alex