We spent a week in Vanessas apartment. The area is nice with restaurants and cafés. PATH station and grocery store really close. The apartment was ok but we could not understand why all other guests wrote that apartment was crispy clean. There was dust and also dark hair. The windows and window handles really dirty.
The kitchen had basic equipment but not for great cooking sessions. One bad thing was the not or only half working heater. We were freezing as outside temperatures were below zero. An additional heater helped but we both got a cold and went home sick. Anyhow the area was relatively calm and away from Manhattan hectic.