This is a great little basement apartment with a kitchen (large fridge, stove, toaster, kettle) for occasional meals in. The temperature was nice and cool even though it was summer (a fan was provided as well). I had meetings and errands around midtown so it was ideally located for me, but if you were going downtown regularly, you would probably want to take the bus, which runs frequently, to the subway. Manya was very kind and let me keep to myself. She also has a beautiful garden and artwork.