The good: Eada is charming and easy to work with. The apartment is on the first floor, and Eada's sister lives upstairs on the second floor. The apartment is clean and well stocked with cooking necessities and wonderful, fluffy towels.

The funky: Let's start with the neighborhood. It's a working-class neighborhood a good schlep from the nearest subway, with no tourist amenities anywhere nearby (nice restaurants, shops, etc.). You can catch busses to the subways, but it took a few days to figure out what bus goes to which subway which goes where. 10 blocks to the south the neighborhood is full-on scary, but Eada's neighborhood, while a bit ragged around the edges, felt safe. And the late night trip from the subway back to her place by bus was fine.

Would I stay here again? As a tourist, probably not. I'm willing to pay more (typically a LOT more - Eada's price is really good!) for a place in a more tourist-friendly neighborhood. But if I was looking for a home away from home in Brooklyn, and I wanted to save a buck, and I didn't care about (or was willing to overlook) the lack of local tourist infrastructure, sure, I'd stay here again.