Joanne is such a friendly host! The apartment is quite basic but good enough and clean for the most part. The street is very busy and you can hear pretty much everything to the bedrooms (loud speech, cars, trucks, music, honking). Also the walls are pretty thin, and at least during our 10 day visit the neighbours were quite loud, too. We had earplugs so we managed okay with the noise. The bed's are comfortable, not too soft. However, I think the floors are crooked and that's why it felt like the beds were tilted to the other side. We had some issues with adjusting the heating / radiator especially in the smaller bedroom and it got very hot two times during our stay. There's an A/C unit in the living room which worked nicely for the common areas. The area has a Caribbean vibe and specialty stores to compliment it. Our stay was quite long so we shopped for groceries further away for bigger selection and better prices. The subway stop is near by. During weekdays there's an express train that makes the ride to Manhattan little quicker. All in all, I'd recommend Joanne's place maybe for a little shorter stays, for 2–3 people and if you're not the lightest sleeper like my friend and I.