Kate's place is a very nice apartment with a great location. The room was nice and the bed comfortable. It was great having a private half-bath connected to the room, specially as our room was upstairs. Our sons slept in a hide-away couch in the living-room downstairs. This worked well as Kate's roommate (the only one home while Kate was abroad) was very discrete and mostly stayed in her room while we were in. The rooftop deck was a great feature, although we didn't end up using it as much as we had envisioned, partially because we had some rainy days, partially because we were out sightseeing most of the time. The location is great. Only a few minutes walk to the subway, and since Carroll Gardens is in a part of Brooklyn that's close to Lower Manhattan where a lot of sightseeing spots are, it didn't take us long to get where we wanted to go. We also enjoyed the neighborhood. Just a block away you can find restaurants, bars, small convenience stores etc. Our favorite evening there, the Italian Cultural and Social Club on the corner had a live band playing Italian (and modern) music all evening. Their outdoors patio as well as the sidewalk were filled with people and it was a wonderful atmosphere. All in all, we had a great stay.