Ok Firenze I live in NY in Brooklyn and I have to tell you that if you are serious about finding an apartment, then all you have to really do is look through the various newspapers in their rentals section.... there are PLENTY of furnished apartments for rent... pick up the Bay News from the deli and corner stores and youll find pages upon pages of brooklyn apartments and houses for rent... both furnished and unfurnished.
If you're looking to be around desis, Brighton and Foster area is probably your best bet... Bay Ridge is also nice... great apartments... nice people.. loads of stores... halal meat and restaurants closeby... close to transportation. If you're into something a lil more gorafied... I say Mill Basin, Marine Park, Sheepshead Bay... very nice, clean, suburban type areas. Bensonhurts is also awesome.Neighborhoods to avoid at all costs unless you're a bigtime gangsta are obviously Dyker Heights, Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Crown heights, Flatlands, Coney Island flatbush etc etc. Roach and rat infested areas filled with hoodlums.
Park Slope is also a great part of Brooklyn ...
Thank you for your time, i am only looking the Park Slope, Marine Park & Coney Island from Ave H - Kings Highway !