Simon was a great host. Although he was not there during our stay, he left clear and easy instructions for check in and was always contactable. The apartment was great. It was nice, clean and very spacious. Everything that we needed was available, especially the nice bowl of snacks. They were a lifesaver as we had arrived at the apartment after a very long flight and we did not have the energy to go out for dinner. Netflix, HBO etc on the Apple TV and the wifi was also available to use and worked perfectly. The subway station was an easy 5 min walk.
The neighborhood for us did not feel particularly safe. However this was our first time in New York/US and it could just be that we are not used to this type of neighborhood. All this meant for us was that we would take an Uber home at night instead of the subway.
Checking out was very simple also, clear instructions were given and was easy to do at the crazy early time we left.