This was our first time in New York - we're from the west coast! We stayed for 5 days - It was a work trip. I wasn't sure how far it is from Brooklyn to Manhattan 2 of my 3 days of work were in Brooklyn and 1 in Manhattan (obviously there's how many miles away it is but in LA where we're from miles doesn't translate to how long it'll take - 2 miles can sometimes be 2 hours)
I booked Mark's home, in Williamsburg, close to where I needed to be. It was absolutely perfect for us. His home is right next to the Williamsburg bridge so you can walk across and go to the city - though there's plenty of fun things to do in Brooklyn.
When we arrived Mark met us to help with our luggage! So nice! Though we traveled light :P He has two adorable puppies in the home who immediately wanted to sit on us :) so cute! Our room was spacious enough for two! Nice clean, soft bed with towels and such -- laid out for us. We hung out with Mark for a little bit and he gave us suggestions on what to do. He also made coffee for us!
The bathroom is a shared bathroom - the home has 3 rooms I believe and we never had a problem waiting for the bathroom or anything like that. It was always open when we needed it.
There's a great kitchen in case you wanted to cook a meal at home - which I thought I would need to do since my husband is celiac and we weren't sure he'd be able to eat out. Turns out NYC has a bunch of places dedicated to GF food - we never had to cook at home, though we could have if we wanted to!
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would definitely stay here again when we're back in NY!