Robin and Bob’s apartment makes a great base for exploring all that the big Apple has to offer.
It’s an easy 8 minute walk to the Express ‘A’ subway train that has you in downtown Manhattan in about 20 minutes. Midtown in half an hour. An unlimited 7 day subway pass is 33 dollars. Great value.
There’s a handy folder in the apartment of local cafes, bars and restaurants that we found very useful and accurate. Saraghina is worthy of special mention. Ate there twice and it was excellent.
The apartment itself was super clean on our arrival and they kindly let us check in early as we were on the early am flight out of London that put us into JFK at lunchtime.
My wife and I travelled with our two teenage sons - 1 was very comfortable in the small bedroom off the master bedroom and my older son was quite comfy on the easy pullout sofa bed.
Note that the TV has only Netflix, YouTube and Hulu - no broadcast TV - this is accurately described in the listing I should stress - but it would be nice to have access to local news. I always enjoy that when in the US.
My only word of caution - and it’s a very mild one - is that the general area of Bed Stuy might be a tiny bit gnarly for some. It’s a very mixed area, income wise. Young professionals and hipsters co-existing with other locals who are clearly struggling. This can lead to the odd tension being expressed on the street. I had to deal with a very persistent and aggressive beggar in the subway station the first time we went down there to buy our passes.
But of course and after that no problems on the subway at all.
Robin and Bob responded to any questions almost instantly and were great hosts. I’d recommend their apartment to anyone and stay there again in a heartbeat. Thanks for having us..!