I had a great week with my family in Lauren's apartment in Brooklyn this summer!The apartment was perfect for a family with two teenagers. The kitchen has all the equipment you need to have a great dinner at home after sightseeing on a hot and humid summer day in NYC. Great supermarket just around the corner! The living room doesn't have room for a kitchen table, but it was nice and cosy to eat in "the bar". A short walk to two metro stations makes it very easy to get to the heart of the city. You really get the best of both worlds: Manhattan just 20 minutes away, and the possibility to come home to a peaceful neighborhood in Brooklyn when you have had enough of skyscrapers, crowds and traffic jams. Lauren and Mark lives upstairs, which felt like extra security, because we knew they were only a few stairs away if we would face any problems. They always answered our messages really fast. We will give them our warmest recommendations! The apartment is just like the pictures show, but we were a bit dissapointed about the private outdoor space. A little dusty and not so cosy as shown in the pictures. It didn't matter 'cause it was too hot to drink the morning coffee outside anyway ;-) There´s a great pizza restaurant a five minutes walk from the apartment, Saraghina Pizzeria, that is really worth a visit. An italian coffee bar, Corto, just 100 metres down the street.