


“Hello Brooklyn, how you doing? Where you going? And can I come too?” – Jay Zīefore researching this list, I honestly had no idea how unique Brooklyn was. We should note: Availability is difficult to account for, given how quickly things are booked.Planning a city break to Brooklyn and looking for that perfect Brooklyn vacation rental? Well, look no further, as I’ve put together the ultimate guide to the best Vrbos & Airbnbs in Brooklyn so you can enjoy New York’s coolest borough in style… Here, a thrice-recommended octagonal tree house, a post-and-beam with a pink bathroom, and more. So we asked people whose taste we trust - among them architects, chefs, and designers - to tell us about places they have actually stayed in, within three hours of New York City, and would wholeheartedly recommend to a friend. But there is nothing less appealing than picking a seemingly lovely A-frame on a whim, then pulling up to notice that the bedding is scratchy or the sink is splattered with mold. There are hundreds of properties along the North Fork, in Amish country in Pennsylvania, and thousands upstate, where it has become a competitive sport to find anything with even a random Tuesday available. There are a lot of perfectly acceptable Airbnbs within driving distance of New York City. It’s now on track to do more business this year than it did last. It touted long-term rentals for people looking to work within four new walls and launched new cleanliness guidelines.

The company, which in April had been on the brink of collapse, positioned itself as the ideal alternative to hotels packed with other guests. But as the months went by, and (most) companies stressed that work-from-home policies wouldn’t be ending anytime soon, people realized they were incredibly sick of their houses.

Photo: Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Host, Mark Mahaney, Niv Rozenberg, Michelle Rose/michellerosestudio/InstagramĪt the beginning of the pandemic, no one was going anywhere.
