Overall a great stay for me. I work in the city near the empire state building, so was looking for a place where I could access Manhattan easily. The trip to the empire state area took about 45-50 minutes total, which was really good.
It was right in between the A and C train that will take you into Manhattan. It was about a 15-minute walk to the Nostrand Avenue stop that I took into the city. The A train was about 10 minutes walking.
Positives:
The apartment was clean and well maintained. The bathroom came with everything I needed for a solid stay!
The neighborhood was safe, and never felt in danger. Also a bunch of good restaurants and bars. Went to Zig Zag Tiki bar, and it was pretty cool. Great place for young people. And didn't hear much noise from the upstairs unit.
There were small grocery stores nearby to pick up food from. There was also a Crunch fitness about 8 minutes walking that I was able to go to. Day passes are like 10-15 dollars there, but you can also sign up for one month for cheap (around 30 dollars.)
There was a desk for me to work on, that was good for checking emails and such. Probably wouldn't work for a full day there, but great overall.
Having my own bathroom was very nice, and came with towels and such. Something about your own bathroom that makes life so much easier.
The host greeted me and gave me the keys. Was pretty flexible on check-in and check-out time.
I didn't use the backyard but it was pretty nice.
In the future would definitely stay here again.
Other things to note: (that were noted in the description).
1- The washing machine and drying machine are coin-operated, so make sure to get quarters from a bank (tried locally but no one wants to cough them up haha).
2- There is no air conditioning (wasn't a problem since she provided a fan, and it was listed in the description.)