The apartment served me and my family relatively well for our stay, and if Curtis invests in some repairs I will say that this is a wonderful option in the heart of Brooklyn. Curtis was very responsive when I contacted him, and check-in and check-out were no problem. The bed linens and the bathrooms were clean and the TVs had guest accounts set up for Hulu and Netflix. The building was quiet and secure.
This apartment may have once touched luxury status, but its story now is one of neglect. The bed in the upstairs bedroom was broken - legit, off the rails, sleeping at a 200-degree angle broken. One of the light fixtures was also broken. The light worked but the jagged remnants of the sconce don's scream luxury. The showers have dramatic recessed LED lighting that made my kid say "oooh, fancy." But the adhesive was giving way in the upstairs bathroom, so the LED strip was dangling over the shower. I like my showers without electricity so that was a bit concerning. Looking down from the top of the stairs, you can see half a hookah on top of the kitchen cabinets. It seems wildly out of place there, and where is the top half? The upstairs closet has a bunch of random stuff on the top shelf and on the bottom there is a broken storage container for extra linens that it looks like someone used as a stool. Interestingly, outside on the balcony there was a similar container - broken, full of linens - but this one had also filled up with brackish rainwater.
The balcony is where the apartment's tale of decline is most obvious. Other commenters have already pointed out that the door does not latch properly, let alone lock. I can confirm. There is a large canvas that the wind has torn from its frame that flaps in the breeze. There is also a pull-down projector screen. Was the death of the projector the first sign of the onset of decay, the first step on the road from deluxe to unluxe? Other commenters also mentioned the rug, which I could tell had been cleaned, but did not feel clean. The towels were threadbare, and there were too few.
Overall, the apartment was great - a lot of light, at least one functional bed, a few blocks from the train (the G train though). But it left me with the impression that the owners got into AirBnB because they saw an opportunity for passive income, but discovered that maintaining the unit properly is not as passive as they had hoped, and that it cuts into the income produced more than they hoped. The thing is, they were one of the lowest-priced options for the time of my stay. If they fixed the place up, they could charge an extra $50-100 per night and still be competitive. At least fix the bed.