This is located in a great area! Very close to the theatre district, time square and the subway. It is only a few blocks to get to these places. The description says a place to cook your meals, that is not quite how it is. There is no stove to cook on and absolutely nothing to cook with. There are a few plates, bowls, cups and a few spoons and forks that is it. As far as noise it said "potential for noise." That was an understatement. One room faced 9th ave. The traffic was all night long along with sirens, honking, people at the restaurant underneath the bedroom who were up til wee hours of the morning talking, yelling, singing and laughing. The only thing that muted all that noise was the a/c that went off and on all night long. The a/c works great though. If I wasn't going to do any cooking while in NY then this is a great place to stay. It is very clean just as stated! Oscar was pretty slow responding to my messages for linens for the futon bed and we had nothing on that bed for the first night, even though I messaged him 4 times in 5 hours. We didn't hear from him til the next day. That was frustrating! Check in was very easy. We were there during the black out July 13th. We could not find even one flash light in the apartment.