My wife and I really enjoyed our stay in Alphabet city at Jane’s place on East fifth. It’s a beautifully furnished apartment, very clean and tastefully appointed with antiques. You can imagine yourself in a French museum.
The kitchen is small, but very well appointed. We enjoyed making our breakfast there each morning.
The only issue for you light sleepers to consider is that there is a bar downstairs that is open till the wee hours. It is best to try to sleep in the middle area with the fan on during the weekend nights. That’s if you end up coming back before 4 AM. We found that getting some silicone earplugs and making that transition was the best thing for us.
Alphabet City is really cool. There’s a lot of great little restaurants, wonderful murals on Avenue c and b., There’s a very close laundromat, and you are super close to all the rest of New York City.