The neighborhood is great! It's walkable and there are so many great places to eat! Butter and Scotch is so fun, Drink is a great bar, Gueros for tacos, the bagel place has good bagels but iffy service...lots of great spots. The subway is super close and it's very easy to get around to other areas of Brooklyn and into the city as well. The Brooklyn library, Prospect Park, and the Brooklyn museum are all within a mile of walking and the walk is very nice.
The apartment was a little disappointing, but I think could be made better with some improvements. The space is small - but all apartments in Brooklyn are small! It just needs some organization and some upgrades to the bed (frame was broken and repaired with make-shift supports) and linens. The noise level is pretty high. There is a lot of outside noise (it's a ground floor apartment), but that's very common for this area and not really distracting to us. The noise that is bothersome is the upstairs neighbors. You can hear them walking around, playing, moving things, etc. It's pretty distracting. The location is really great, though, and I think they could work to make it a more comfortable and organized space.