Eufemia was very kind, very communicative and easy to reach.
This room is upstairs, behind a curtain at the top of a slim set of metal stairs. My assumption is that this part of the house was built with the intention of being some sort of storage area, based on the layout.
As stated in the listing - it’s a crash spot. For clarification, it’s a twin bed behind a curtain covering where a door would be had the room been built with the intention of being an actual bedroom.
Pros :
Affordable, off of the bus line, not too far from a train line. Neighborhood seems to be safe and I never had any issues over two days in which I felt unsafe.
Cons : I couldn’t figure out how many people actually lived there full time, but there seemed to be a somewhat present buzz about the place of 1 - 3 people on their phones during the day (the 2nd morning consisted of someone on speaker phone for a few hours) and some kind of dancehall/reggaeton music playing on the living room tv most of the time. Neither of these things were loud by any means, but again - you’re in a “room” behind a curtain. Translation - you hear everything.
Did this bother me? No. Could it bother more uptight types? Possibly. But if this is a point of complaint for you, suck it up and pay more for something else.
Be aware of how the MTA functions before booking this room. This is off of a bus line, which you need to take a little ways to get on a train. I’m pretty low-maintenance so I don’t care, but someone may be bothered by having to stand outside, etc etc.
OVERALL, I would book again. I got exactly what I paid for and I don’t have complaints.