Host greeted us on arrival, which was appreciated, and provided a brief overview of apartment and local area.
The bedroom and kitchen of the apartment do look like the photos in the listing. The apartment is clean and tidy, if a bit dated due to the charming age of the building.
The beds were comfortable. Bedroom has aircon but it is old ‘window rattler’ style (mostly discontinued in Australia) which was noisy, cycling on and off and waking one of us.
The kitchen amenities were adequate and very clean. Washing machine and dryer provided were really useful.
The bath cannot be used as a bath as no plug was provided. The shower is over the bath, so users with mobility issues should be aware. Bathroom was very clean. Towels are provided.
Any queries were addressed immediately - we had a couple of television (internet) fails, and a light globe blow which were repaired within a few hours.
Decent local eateries are a train ride away, those within walking distance were not suitable. A large supermarket is 2 train stops away. There are smaller supermarkets within walking distance.
Apartment is within 15 minutes walk of Journal Square PATH (ie subway) station which provides access to Manhattan (World Trade Centre Station) in about 15 minutes. Be aware on weekends, as WTC station is closed and the trip to Manhattan takes an additional 30 minutes. The train/subway travel was really easy to navigate from Journal Square.
Appreciated having full apartment (as opposed to smaller hotel room) to sleep, cook and rest/recover from travel given we were staying 19 nights. Worth considering this apartment if you are planning to do what we did – stay for a long time, have time to travel into New York each day and want to avoid the costs of NYC hotels etc.