Gretchen was a wonderful host who made us feel welcomed and made our stay in Brooklyn an enjoyable one. She personally greeted us at the apartment and made sure that she was fully contactable throughout our entire stay. A true testament to this was when we had a toilet issue at 1.45am in the morning and needed help to unclog the toilet. Not only did Gretchen come down personally to assess the problem, she managed to find one of her friends to fix the issue for us.

The apartment looked better in person and the beds were extremely comfortable. The kitchen was fully stocked with pots and pans for any form of cooking and Gretchen even left us a box of belgian chocolates to snack on throughout our stay. The only drawback to the apartment was that there was only one toilet to share among the 8 of us. Then again, the apartment was really affordable and such an issue is easily solved by planning bathroom times among ourselves. Heating in the apartment was adequate and the doors were secured by an electronic lock. Wifi was really quick and we could connect up to 10 devices at one point of time.

The location of the apartment gave us easy access to two train stations (J/M Trains) within 5-8 mins via foot. There's a 24hr supermarket at the train station as well as a couple of deli grocers and fast food chains located nearby. The neighbourhood was peaceful and we felt totally safe staying there for eleven days. The trains got us to Manhattan in under 30mins and made traveling to and fro easy.

I would definitely recommend Gretchen's apartment for anyone looking to visit New York any time soon!