I am a New Yorker who, for complicated reasons couldn't stay at the family apartment. So I was very familiar with the neighborhood where this apartment is located. It's a walk-up but only one flight of stairs and it's great value for what you get. You just have to realize that any Manhattan apartment on the first floor is going to have a bit more street noise than apartments on a high rise, but those apartments would be way more expensive. I would definitely stay at this place again. It beats paying 400 dollars a night during a holiday season.