Niya's place is gorgeous. It's a spacious room in a beautifully restored brownstone, thoughtfully decorated with an artist's eye. He let us have a late check-in to accommodate our late flight, and was a gracious host with plenty of tips on the local neighborhood. As we stayed for five nights during the summer, we appreciated the AC, refrigerator, and coffee-and-tea setup. He's a 10-minute walk to the Nostrand Avenue subway station, making it easy to get to many parts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan within 30 minutes. The immediate neighborhood was fun to explore, and is full of restaurants, cafes and shops within a 10-minute walk. We would definitely stay there again.