I visited this property in July 2015 and stayed for a week with my wife and two teenage sons 19 & 16. We travelled from Norwich, in the UK, and came in via JFK which was a simple 30 minute cab ride from the property. Michael, (whose home this is for part of the year), had dealt with our booking very efficiently before we arrived, and was there to meet us when we got out of the cab.

The place was exactly as described in the listing and clean and tidy throughout. We got a very useful briefing from Michael about the house, plus some tips about Long Beach and its facilities, and were then left to enjoy our stay. Not surprisingly, the property has a really home from home feel about it, with everything you need right there. The kitchen appliances are all fairly new, there is a big refrigerator with an ice maker, a grill on the front deck (balcony), central a/c, good sound system; wide screen TV and a cable package with more channels than even two teenagers were capable of consuming!

The apartment is all on one level one floor up, the master en suite bedroom and two further bedrooms plus a bathroom are all to the rear of the property, with the living areas all facing towards the front. The living area is entirely open plan, arranged in a horse shoe shape around the top of the stairs up from the front door. This makes for a really sociable space in which to cook, eat or just relax, and we were always glad to get back there after busy days seeing the sights up in Manhattan. We had plenty of space for the 4 of us, (it could easily accommodate 6), and were very comfortable there throughout our stay. East Beech Street is a quiet, residential, neighbourhood perfectly located between the beach and the main commercial area up on Park Ave. A 5 minute walk in one direction gets you across the now fully restored 2 mile long boardwalk and down onto the beautifully clean sandy beach, while a 15 minute walk in the other direction has you sitting on a train to Manhattan. As planned we managed to do the whole week without hiring a car.

We alternated our days between trips up to Manhattan, and days down in Long Beach. A 50 minute direct train, costing less than $10, throws you right into the heart of the action at Penn Station and, after amazing but tiring days in the city, there was no better place to be than sitting out on the deck back in Long Beach enjoying the warm ocean breeze. In Long Beach itself there were plenty of things to do centred around the beach, like surfing,