The area seemed very sketchy upon arrival but is actually just fine and only 3 or 4 blocks from Frenchman Street.
The apartment is on the second floor at the rear of the building up a curving wooden staircase that reminds me of a place we stayed in Paris.
The entrance to the unit is at the end of a short hallway from the top of the stairs. Oddly, you enter directly into the bedroom from the hallway and the bed is immediately to the left with the head of the bed against the hallway wall. There is only one other apartment on that floor using that hallway & stairs so although you can clearly hear him and his dog in the morning, the noise is brief and fairly subdued. Unfortunately, however, above the door are a couple of small windows (probably originally used for cross ventilation b4 air-conditioning) that need to be covered or painted black to block the hallway light from entering the bedroom. It's like someone turns on the actual bedroom light - it's that bright.
The bed is comfortable, though somewhat small. I couldn't tell if it was a full or queen - seemed somewhere in-between. The description on the Airbnb website lists it twice, once as queen and once as full or double. Go figure. Anyway, we're both over 6 feet tall and had no problem (no footboard is a huge plus). The pillow choices are varied so you'll find your optimal thickness which is ideal.
The bedroom connects to the main living space through a doorway that has no actual door to block the light or noise entering the bedroom from the living area. The TV is mounted across the room from the sofa and just a few feet from the bedroom doorway that has no door. On the wall above the sofa is a window that holds an air-conditioner that is used to cool the entire apartment. If you're sitting on the sofa watching TV you'll need to crank up the volume to hear it from across the room and crank it up some more if the air-conditioner is running because it's right behind your head when sitting on the sofa.
We used the 'fan' setting on the AC overnight to drown out random city noises and it worked very well.
The TV only gets commercial channels and the sofa is uncomfortable to sit on for more than a few minutes.