Meissa and her family were very welcoming hosts. The location is great, with proximity to many restaurants and not far from the subway (too far for my kids to walk without complaining, but it would have been fine for us adults). The neighborhood felt safe. The apartment is spacious and comfortable. The backyard is a nice feature, very unusual for NYC. Meissa was also very helpful in letting us leave our luggage in the apartment for a few hours after we'd checked out before we headed to the airport.

We did have a problem with the washer (shared among the units in the building) breaking, causing a flood in the communal basement, which leaked through the wall into several of the downstairs rooms in the apartment. Meissa was responsive in dealing with the water in the apartment the next morning, but the washer was not repaired by the building's management company until the very end of our stay, several days later (which became a problem for members of our party who were in the midst of long travels and had expected to be able to do laundry). I wouldn't expect the problem to ever happen to any other guests, but between the lack of laundry facilities and the flood late at night waking my children, there was some inconvenience.