This was our very 1st ever trip to NYC. In weighing our options, we decided it was more practical to rent an apartment rather than a hotel for the week. This apartment met all of our needs - comfortably slept all 3 of us, had a full kitchen and was located 1/2 a block to the B,C metro lines and 1 1/2 blocks to the 1, 2, 3 metro lines. As an added bonus, it has a beautiful outdoor patio, is only 1/2 a block to Strawberry Fields in Central Park, just around the corner from where John Lennon lived and on the same street as the apartment where Marilyn Monroe resided. The location really worked perfectly for us.

There is no cable TV, but Thijs has a computer hooked up so that you may stream videos from his Netflix account. We didn't take advantage of that option as we were always exhausted from sight-seeing/theater going by the time we got back to the apartment.

Our only complaint is that there was a foul odor of strong B.O. seeping through one of the apartments in the main hallway. It wasn't until our last day there we realized we could have avoided our routine of holding our breath through that hallway simply by entering the apartment from street level.

Thijs was extremely flexible on our check-in/check-out times and his cleaning lady, Jeanette, was very friendly and helpful - even providing us with bottled water upon our arrival.

Overall, it was a good experience and we would definitely stay here again on future visits to the city.