I am disappointed with the stay and the positive reviews.
Here is the good! The apartment location is great and the decor is accurate to photos and shower pressure and water heat was great. but here are the negative experiences that I hope the host can improve upon for future guests. Firstly the communication with the host was not the best, I had to try several times to reach her and I believe she was out of town, but the slow response time was stressful esp before we checked in. The listing does not seem to mention it’s a walk up, this provided some difficulty coming with an infant and a large suitcase. The windows are not outfitted with opaque curtains and provide no light blocking nor privacy since people in the other building can see inside the apartment. There is no closet space for items nor any luggage rack and so expect to have your suitcase on the floor. The pillows are flat and there is no duvet cover just a quilt with an extra sheet but it would be better to provide additional sheets and better pillows. A fan and or AC is imperative because it got really hot! The heating system was turned off and we had to open the windows to let air in, which also let in all of astorias noise - we didn’t sleep well. Lastly unfortunately we had an unwelcome guest crawling around. I understand apartments are old, but if there is a pest problem, some traps and sealing of walls could help. We ended up checking out early becuSe we didn’t sleep well and felt uncomfortable after seeing a massive water bug run around.