This apartment is one of three similar properties that Rodney rents out on the top floor of a recently renovated brownstone. It consists of two bedrooms, a large bathroom and a small kitchen. While the beds are comfortable and clean, the apartment barely qualifies as a self-contained unit. The door to the kitchen doesn't lock and theoretically is accessible to any of the other guests in the house. Also, the front-door to the house does not automatically lock. On one occasion, we returned to the house to find that another party had left the front door open. In short, the apartment was inadequately secured.

Rodney's property is in a historically poor part of Brooklyn (around Utica). The area is in the process of gentrification, with flats now fetching expensive rents on airbnb. It would be good to be aware of this context if staying in Rodney's flat.

On the back, the flat overlooks nice (gentrified) gardens. It was fantastically quiet.