$375 / 1br - 700ft2 - Big beautiful 1BR in Bay Ridge + cats / Sept 24 - Oct 5 (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn)

Hi! I'm leaving town for roughly two weeks, Sept. 24 - Oct. 5, and I'm seeking a subletter and catsitter to enjoy the space and look after two sweet gentle pets. Start and end dates are flexible. It's a beautiful, well-tended 1-bedroom close to the R line, and I'm asking a heartily discounted $700 for the period. I live in a much loved, book-filled, lamp-adorned apartment in Bay Ridge -- it’s spacious, gets wonderful light, faces a courtyard with a trellis and tree and hydrangea and rose bushes, on a quiet street. It's .3 miles to the Bay Ridge Ave R, .8 miles to the N, and in the rare fastidiously maintained prewar building. It's at the heart of an insane collection of amazing food down here -- it's also a great apartment for hosting. It’s farther south than I'd lived before, and it's been a great trade-off to have space at home and space from the pell-mell, with lots of small shops/a sweet community, while still being connected to big Brooklyn arteries via the R. Some features in brief: - Spacious bedroom, queen bed, reading corner - Great light ( photos taken on a rainy day, but full sun through the morning into afternoon) + warm lamp lighting with a smart switch - Wall of closet space - Bluetooth-enabled stereo system that my father respects - Great TV in a cabinet, with all the logins, even... Apple+ - Well-equipped kitchen, bike storage and laundry in basement, + small library - Courtyard garden + trellis - Big tub, great shower pressure, no neighbor noise, on the top/4th floor - Castle-type roof with view of the Verrazano twinkling at night The neighborhood: - 5 min from Yemen Cafe, handmade pasta at Piccante, tons of family-run restaurants, Tanoreen which has some designation from Michelin and yet is affordable, Ayat, amazing bakeries, amazing baklava, the best falafel of my life around the corner at Al Aqsa Bakery - 5 min from destination supermarket Balady Grocery, known for their olives, olive oil, spice, veg, breads, chocolate, assorted imported treats - 10 min from Fei Long Market and dim sum East Harbor Sea Food Palace - 5 min from Alpine Cinema, an old-school multiplex with $6 tickets on Wednesdays - 10 min from Leif Ericson Park Cats: They’re low-maintenance, easy-going, affectionate young sweeties -- one is an open-hearted cuddler who consents to be placed anywhere and will drape herself on your arm and purr, the other is a wise beauty. Their litter situation has been honed to an easy, no-dust-or-odor, once-or-twice-a-week science. They’re playful, innocent, and sleepy. About me: I’m a 30something in the magazine world. Feel free to get in touch with q’s about any of the above! I'll speak to people in the next two weeks, via video or IRL. Please let me know your experience taking care of homes and/or cats!