A clean, airy & well lit crash pad.
Pros: while not centrally located, it is conveniently located to areas of interest either by walking or by the subway. Close by to Bar Seco, a great bakery Mayser and a walkable Street dotted with tapasarias.Ample clothing storage & a washing machine. Charming balconette.
Cons: incredibly loud. The apartment is situated over a bar with exterior seating. The interior stairway/hallway is also loud- from neighbors talking loudly while coming and going at all hours. The street is not a main thoroughfare but it is a well trafficked one. The neighborhood is ‘up & coming’ and so it is a mix of working class/immigrants/ and young partiers. The latter of whom carry on in the streets on their way home from bars. For reference, I’m a very heavy sleeper and live in Manhattan - I am not a stranger to loud city life. It is a walk through apartment - & there is also no door between the living area and the bedroom and no lights in the apartment aside from the overhead lights. I.e, no reading lamps by the bedside or in the living room. This makes it difficult for one person to sleep and the other to make use of the living room without disturbing them.