Allen's basement apartment was roomy and comfortable and he was a very helpful, pleasant, and thoughtful host. The queen bed is *very* comfortable, the kitchen is quite well-stocked with lots of amenities, a nice oven, and lots of cutlery, and the bathroom and its shower are very nice and easy to use, with awesome *soft* cloth towels and lots of toilet paper.

Although the apartment is not close to Manhattan, the F-train stops very close to Allen's home and takes you straight to Manhattan Times Square in about half an hour; the apartment is in the basement, so you hardly hear the train *at all* when you're indoors. Allen has an amazing cable package with all the premium channels, HBO, STARZ, etc..., which are of course free and accessible on two large screen televisions in both rooms of the apartment [the bedroom and the common area], and the Wi-Fi in the common area is very super fast. There is even a large air hockey table, although that doesn't happen to interest me that much, but that's just me. There is a large fridge with a freezer and lots of space, and there is even a coffee maker in the kitchen! There is lots of closet space in the bedroom, an iron and ironing board, and many drawers in the bedroom, and the bedroom also has a multi-device charger. All the amenities of home!!

Just a couple of brief pointers: although the futon/sofa-bed in the common area is sufficient/satisfactory, it's a bit less comfortable than that terrific queen bed in the bedroom, so if you're a larger group of people make sure at least one of you doesn't need that awesome-bedroom-bed comfort that the common area's futon/sofa-bed maybe doesn't give you. Also, when you are in the private queen-bed bedroom, (as opposed to when you are in the common area), the Wi-Fi in the private bedroom goes in and out a little, but, as stated before, go in the common area and it is super-fast and totally seamless. Those minor points aside, though, and especially given the extremely reasonable value of the listing, the only real reason not to stay there is if you want to be, you know, in the *heart* of Manhattan or its *very* close-by regions, (which of course, is quite likely going to be a *very* different scale of economy...) And, incidentally, there are a lot of cool sights to see in Allen's area as well, including Coney Island, and the shore, and so on!

An overall quite enjoyable experience! Thanks a lot Allen!! You were a wonderful and welcoming host and all the best to you and yours!!