Amazing views and very nice apartment. Fast communication with host.
But my praise ends there.
Apparently this apt is being rented illegally. The building management knows about it. I know this because the management locked us (myself and my son) out. Not even the hosts (one of which lives a few floors above in the same building) could get into the unit. The host contacted me via text and told me the only way for me to get my stuff was to call the police and the police could force the building management to allow us in to get our things. We waited in the building lobby until 3am (no food, water or bathrooms) for the police to show up. The building doorman then let us into the unit to get our belongings. We had a short time to gather everything up and leave. We then had to rent a hotel and take an uber to get to the hotel at 3:45 am
I'm not faulting the building management, they apparently warned the host multiple times to stop renting the until via AirBNB. I learned all of this from the doorman. Doormen know a lot about what goes on in their building!
My advice is to not rent any of the apartments these hosts rent out in NYC otherwise you might find yourselves locked out. Apparently all AirBNB rentals are illegal in NYC and the city is working hard to crack down on them.
I hate having to give someone a bad review. I'm only posting this because I am concerned for peoples safety. Getting locked out of our place in Midtown Manhattan in the middle of the night was inconvenient for my son and I, but it could actually be dangerous for say an elderly couple or a group of young girls, or a single mom with young kids etc...