fyi--Slope landlord who promised apartment and then reneged

Hi, Folks-

Just wanted to give people the heads up about a landlord on 4th Street between 5th and 6th who promised me a garden apartment and then, after I'd rented out my existing place and made all the arrangements in reliance on her promise, reneged. I'm in California at the moment, planning my move back to Brooklyn, and the landlord was a family friend who called and offered the apartment. She asked me what it would take to make it work, I told her, and she agreed, but in the intervening time, proceeded to add all kinds of costly things and take away other things that had been promised. There was a lot of back and forth by email and really odd terms in a rider to the lease--not kosher, and when I balked and tried to talk to her about it, she got nasty and said she wouldn't rent to me.

I won't name names because I don't want to get sued, but it's the only garden apartment I know of for rent on that block and it's on Craigslist. So, just beware. She seems like a kind person, but from my experience, not so much. Now, I'm scrambling to find a place before the U-Haul leaves for NYC on the 25th, so if anyone knows of a decent place in or near the Slope for under $1900/mo that will accommodate an elderly dog (my incredibly sweet Lab whose back legs are too wobbly for more than a couple of stairs at this point), please do let me know. Thanks!