First of all the pros: Mike is a nice guy who was kind enough to give us some useful info about the area. The appartment is in a quite and rather safe area 15 minutes walking distance from Central Park and 5 min from subway station 96st. Nearby there are plenty of restaurants, bakery, and grocery stores. Now, the cons: the appartment and the building in general have seen better days. The appartment is dated and not everything is functional. For example, noisy beds, missing curtins in one bedroom, very slow internet (don't expect to watch Netflix), TV with different color stripes, leaking tabs, no security lock in main door etc. Nevertheless, there were fresh towels and sheets but the overal cleanliness needs improvement. The bottom line is that if you are on a budget trip to NYC and want to save an extra buck in order to invest it in exploring the city, then Mike's appartment is an honest choise. On the other hand, if you want to include your acomodation in the overal NY experience you might be frustrated.