Our stay at Yana’s place was pleasant. It has mainly two different metro stations quite close (5-7 minutes walking) and it is also plenty of amenities (such as Starbucks, banks, grocery’s, restaurants..). The room was smaller than expected but, it wasn’t such an issue since we stayed at home only for the night. Yana’s house rules are nothing more than civil rules to follow when sharing a place, so then I wouldn’t worry about that if you are used to it. If I may suggest, I’d like to recommend Yana to be a little more flexible, mostly if the guests wouldn’t use any hairdryer or devices that can make noise after 22.00.
The house is at the sixth floor and there aren’t lifts, so if you have problems with stairs I wouldn’t recommend this place.
In conclusion, we were able to visit all NYC from here and we loved it!