Mark and Deena's place was wonderful. Here's my NYC commuting guide:
* Take the Jitney bus for $3.25 to the NYC Port Authority, it's only a 2-minute walk from the house.
* The return Jitney is at platform 51 in the Port Authority. Best place to find it is the entrance on the west end of 40th St.
* The Jitney is paid for with CASH, so have some ready. Payment is due on ARRIVAL, so just hop on the bus and sit down.
* If you want to see Statue of Liberty get tickets for early in the morning and take a Lyft to Liberty State Park. Traveling from the New Jersey side is just calmer and easier in my opinion.
* If traveling to World Trade Center or the rest of southern Manhattan, take the PATH subway from Journal Station, a 20 minute walk from the house, or a short Lyft ride away.
As for the house, it was perfect for our needs once we got a hang of the best ways to travel. It is well decorated and furnished and feels like a home away from home. Coming from Utah where we have lots of space and big houses, I was actually expecting it to be smaller than it was, but there was more than enough space for us.
The grocery store is a bit of a walk, but close enough that we never ended up using the provided cart and just hand-carried our groceries. The liquor store is a couple doors down from the grocery store, so combine trips if you can.
Now for Mark and Deena. HOLY MOLY schnikes these are the coolest freakin' AirBnB hosts. They were super-duper responsive, and even provided a lot of suggestions for our trip throughout the week. They were very very kind to be flexible on check-in and check-out. I can't say enough of how great they were. If you have any questions at all, just ask them.
I would stay here again in a heartbeat, it was great.