This was my first air b&b experience and it was definitely positive!

I stayed 1 month in the large room at Daniel's apartment in Astoria, Queens. The location was excellent with subway just a few blocks away and a super short 10-15 min subway ride to get into midtown Manhattan. Astoria itself is a great and safe neighbourhood with lots of local restaurants, grocery stores, shops, laundry mats, etc within a few minutes walk.

Daniel was professional, friendly, and courteous when we set up my stay and tried to address any problems or concerns that I had as they came up. Although I didn't see much of Daniel during the course of my stay, either his brother, who lives at the apartment, or mother who checked me in, were around to help out.

This is a shared apartment on the 3rd floor of this building with 1 permanent resident, Daniel's brother, who isn't there often, and 2 Air BnB bedrooms. There is a small common space and a small but functioning kitchen. The bathroom was clean. Although there were sometimes 3-4 persons staying at the apartment at any given point, access to the bathroom and kitchen were never really an issue as we all had different schedules and being a visitor, I wasn't at the apartment too much.

The large room I stayed in had everything I needed including a desk, dresser, comfortable bed, and importantly windows for fresh air. Of note, the apartment faces a side street and there can be some traffic in the morning so for light sleepers, you might be woken a bit early, but certainly this was NOT a major problem.

The wireless internet was occasionally spotty, but Daniel was actively look into a permanent solution for this problem.

I used LaGuardia airport for my flights and it was a short 15min $15 cab ride. One can also take the subway and bus, which is about 30-45min, but less than $3 each way.

Overall, I would recommend this place!