Our recent stay in New York was mind blowing and staying at Manny's only enhanced our experience! If you are considering Manny's - look no further, for a true Brooklyn experience, this is where you want to be! Manny provided amazing communication from the moment I enquired about the property, he also took the time to meet us on arrival after a late and delayed flight which was really appreciated. We were a group of two couples in our mid-thirties travelling from Melbourne, Australia. First of all, the pictures of the house do it no justice, we were blown away by the size of the basement apartment - significantly larger than anything we could have booked in Manhattan and the decor was GORGEOUS, we loved all the little touches like fresh flowers in all of the rooms and plates of chocolates everywhere we turned! The fantastic appliances were immediately put to good use - we had a lot of washing to do during our week-long stay and really appreciated the quality of the machines on our many new clothing purchases! On that note, collectively we shopped so much in New York we had seven suitcases between the four of us and were able to store all our luggage and hang and tidy away our purchases with ease - plenty of storage here! The apartment gets top scores for being absolutely spotless too, there was also a plethora of cleaning products and shower gel, shampoo, soaps etc for us to use. Both bathrooms were spacious and the showers were amazing after a long day touring the city, the bed linen was of top quality. The gas fireplace was gorgeous to sit next to on a slightly chilly night with a wine or two and the sizeable back yard was an added bonus you don't get all that often when booking accomodation in New York! I'm a fastidious researcher when it comes to planning holidays, so after competing extensive research of the Bed-Stuy neighbourhood prior to booking, I'll be honest and say that I wasn't completely comfortable with the previous history of the area and whether or not the recent gentrification of the area would be enough to put my friends minds at ease about the overall safety of the neighbourhood. We took the gamble though - and boy did it ever pay off! The neighbourhood was incredibly safe, the many gorgeous people we spoke with on our daily walks around the area and the self titled 'Bainbridge kids' who hung out on our stoop only added to the authentic and glowing reviews we have since passed on to our families and friends! If you can be here for a Saturday night during the summer, we definitely recommend hanging out with the neighbours on their stoops, the street came alive that night, there was a great sense of community here and we loved it! We honestly expected to spend a large amount of time outside of the Bed-Stuy area, but after having...