I am a single mother with a toddler and this place was perfect for us! It was our own place with a kitchen and bathroom at an affordable price. It was important with COVID that we had our own place, and having a kitchen with a refrigerator and stove/oven was so incredibly helpful for storing perishable snacks & milk and heating up frozen chicken nuggets lol.
For us, the location was great, as we primarily wanted to spend the week at the beach. Coney Island is a direct 15-20 minute bus ride away, there is a playground a block over, and a really nice park near the waterfront about a 15 min walk/5-10 min bus ride. We ran out of time to rent bikes but could have done that and gone down the bike path along the water. There was a big grocery store about 2 blocks away, a lot of different food in the neighborhood (e.g. a xiao long bao place right on the corner!) and the subway was about a 10 minute walk.
Amy was really communicative throughout the whole process. She was upfront in the beginning about making sure we realized this place is a basement apartment. It was super easy to get the key and let ourselves in to the place. She gave us so many great recommendations about toddler activities and was super helpful when we had different things come up.
When we come back for another Coney Island visit, we definitely would stay at Amy's place again.