Ravanna was there to greet us and graciously carried one of our bags up the two flights of stairs as my travelling companion had unexpectedly injured her leg prior to coming to NYC. He showed us around and we were happy to see that the property was as displayed in the pictures on his site.
The suite was spacious, clean, and the beds comfortable. All the comforts of home except a couple of wine glasses would have been nice. As it was, we roughed it by having our coffee mugs do double duty, lol!
Lots of brochures and maps available to help make choices for places to eat and how to get around on the subway. The subway stop was about a 5-10 minute walk through a safe neighborhood. It takes anywhere from 25 to 45 minutes to get to downtown Manhattan, depending on the time of day you travel, with start and end of workday being the busiest (naturally). By the way, I would recommend buying the $30. subway card. We were there for 4 days and easily spent that much in single subway fares.
There's a very well stocked supermart within walking distance and for Mexican we loved the huge tasty burritos at a quirky place called Taqueria Villa Pancho at 1047 Bedford, and another evening very much enjoyed dinner and wine across the street at a place called Black Swan (1048 Bedford).
When we had a question, I wasn't able to get hold of Ravanna by phone or text after our initial meeting but when we resorted to ringing his doorbell we got the information we needed from another occupant of his home.
I would stay in Ravanna's place again. Thank you for making your place available on airbnb!