Lorraine’s place was awesome. I stayed there a week before I found some more permanent housing.
Small room, but it has all the essentials: a clean and comfortable bed, small desk to put your laptop on, a large closet, fast Wi-Fi, and privacy. You have a nice view of the street from the 3rd floor too! It’s an old house so the stairs creak. But a lot of the buildings around there are old too so that’s to be expected.
The PATH train is a short 8 minute walk (about 7 or 8 blocks away) which provides easy access to both 33rd street and WTC lines to Manhattan and even to Newark Penn station.
The bathroom is shared between you and another person who's living on the very top floor. He’s out of the house most of the time; just time your bathroom/showers opposite to his schedule and you'll be fine. The bathtub has a shower head but you'll need to hold it up; it's a different style from the affixed showerheads. But it's cool and retro!
Grove Street is safe and close to downtown Jersey City, which has really seen a lot of change recently.
Lorraine was also invaluable for recommending places to go/eat, some places to live, etc. She’s really great with communication too! Super fast responses!
Her cat is super friendly too!
I’m sure you'll have a wonderful stay with Lorraine! I know I did. All the other positive reviews speak for themself!