First time visiting New York (two couples) and this was a great location. It was about a 5 min walk to the NJ transit which took us to the PATH station and then straight into lower Manhattan/ World Trade Center. Once you are in lower Manhattan you can take the subway, taxi or uber to get around. From Yokos place it took us about 30 min to get to lower Manhattan. I personally liked the location because it was a 15 min walk to the Statue of Liberty ferry. Only downfall was that there is no nearby stores. It’s about a 10 min drive to grove st where you can dine and walk around. There is construction going on but we never heard it because we were up early and gone most of the day. I had read other reviews that said the area was bad but I never saw any other people in the area besides the construction workers. Across the st there is a park and basketball courts but I never saw anyone there either. Yes there was some abounded building blocks down but I never felt unsafe even while walking from the transit station late at night. Overall the place was clean. Yoko asked if we needed more blankets and was accommodating. Loved the heated bathroom floor and Yoko let us leave our luggage there early before check-in and also after we checked out, which was a big help to us. I’d recommend and stay at Yoko’s place again.