Overall a pretty good experience. It is a self serve hostel with Henry being the online administrator. You may see him once or twice if you are there a week. He manages everything remotely. Pretty smooth but at the same point you pay for what you get. The price is right and if all the tenants are respectful and clean it goes well. It is a working class neighborhood near a huge park. A really nice park.
Henry fixes stuff when it doesn't work but while I was there both my power went out and the internet was down. Bad luck? i don't know. It was up and running the next day.
Seriously Cut the Weeds down in the back yard! And clean up the cigarette butts.
A microwave would be nice. A dishwasher would be nice since Henry wants you to self maintain.
Since it is like a youth hostel scenario even a tv in the common area would be cool. But whatever. You should probably just go out and see the sites.
Parking is pretty easy but the street cleaning is set up to make sure you get a ticket. It is a horrible game that the city plays. And in some spots they don't even have signs up. And NO you cannot contest by calling and waiting on hold for hours or mailing a complaint. IN person a month after. Just assume you may have to pay a $50 ticket.
Note. The 119 is more expensive than the 123. Both take you to the Port Authority. You can pay cash 3.50 (123) 2 Zones or 4.50 (119) 3 Zones Exact Change. 119 does not run on weekends but is a bit closer to the house and runs more for commuters. And the Ferry which costs $9 is a nice way to travel but also does not run regular hours on weekends so if you need to be across the water early on the weekend take the 123 Bus.
To get back you have to buy tickets at the NJ Transit Box at the Port Authority. Use NJ Transit MyBus to track your bus.
Alot 45 minutes to get across to NY. The bus trip is usually 15 minutes non rush hour. But getting to and waiting for the bus takes time.
Once across you need to buy Metro Passes for the Subway and for the NYC bus. There are info centers in the port authority.
Uber and Lyft are Expensive in New York. Plus the tunnels have tolls. $15 one way (into Manhattan) So if you are out say in lower Manhattan or Greenwich Village at 2 am expect to have to pay $35 (pool price I paid w/ 3 of us) to get back to the Jersey City spot. Or you can get back taking the bus...like 2 hours later or so.

Overall I had a good experience. I would stay here again.