The apartment itself is as pictured and described. The neighborhood is quite eclectic. The kitchen has almost everything you need to cook a full meal and check in was easy. We would like to advise the public of two potential concerns because of the alley location:
1) If traveling here during the winter months the conditions are very dangerous. There was an inch of thick ice for the very long of stretch of alleyway. My partner and I are young and able bodied and truly struggled to not injure ourselves on the way in and out. We asked for the path to be shoveled and salted. A poor job was done by the maintenance person.
2) The apartment is behind a very popular club (which you should check out btw). However, this meant being greeted by smokers in a dimly lit area as we returned home late at night. Had I been by myself or with other women I would not have felt safe. Be sure to leave the outside lamp on if you'll be returning at night.
Had we known these details we may have booked elsewhere. For the price and location, however, we enjoyed our stay.