We needed an affordable place to stay for a multi-day visit to New York, to see family, and we wanted a place to ourselves. This apartment was perfect, and the location optimal.
Sherry was very accommodating, our flight arrived late but she arranged for us to get into the apartment, so we didn’t have to get a hotel room for that night.
The apartment is in a charming older building on the Upper West Side, with many of the original features, such as a wooden interior staircase and railings up to the first floor (the ground floor apartment is a therapy office, common in New York City). The apartment is very clean inside, and very comfortable. It is very secure, and safe.
Sherry and her assistant were very communicative, texting us to welcome us and make sure we got into the apartment. They were very responsive to our requests, which made our stay exceptional.
We had a rental car, and were able to find street parking near the apartment. Once we settled in, we mostly took the trains, though, as we didn’t want to spend time looking for parking spots in midtown and the Village. We took advantage of the break between storms in New York City, and we walked as much as we could.
West 145th Street is a perfect starting place for walking around Upper Manhattan. We discovered Alexander Hamilton’s house, Hamilton Grange, which is a museum, on West 141st Street and Convent Avenue. Admission is free, and they have a short documentary on Hamilton’s life. We enjoyed looking at the beautiful churches in the area (but sad to see that many of them are closed up). There are countless beautiful brownstones, many exquisitely refurbished. We saw many boarded up brownstones on our walks, and we would love to see the City take them over, and fix them up for affordable housing, or for the high-functioning homeless.
The Cloisters, on the tip of Manhattan, is one of our favorite museums in New York City, it is part of the Metropolitan Museum now. A tip: the admission fee is quite high, $25 per person, but a native New Yorker knows that this is just a suggested fee for any museum in the Metropolitan group, and you can pay whatever amount you’d like. If they ask for a zip code to prove you are a New Yorker, give them the zip code of the apartment building. But know that they have to accept whatever you offer: there was a tourist couple in front of us, from another country, and the person at the payment kiosk kindly told them they could pay whatever amount they wanted, but when we handed her our payment ($5.00 each) she snarled at us and demanded our zip code. Go figure.
There are many restaurants in the area, Harlem Public is good for lunch, for a breakfast bagel visit David’s Deli and Grill, at 344 West 145th, for a sit-down breakfast/brunch visit NBHD Brulee, 2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd.
If you need your cell phone repaired, for example a cracked screen (!), we highly recommend Lights of Broadway, at 3346 Broadway. Not every electronics/phone repair place is as honest, quick and friendly as this place.
We highly recommend SuperHost Sherry, and the apartment on West 145th Street!