Great budget spot if you want to stay in the area. Whitney’s place was as advertised - clean, comfortable and in the East Village / Alphabet City areas. I would stay here again as it had all I needed: bed, desk, and a shower. Whitney was very responsive in her communication and it was set up for a guest’s success in that it wasn’t hard to find or access. Only downsides are that the train was a 15-20 minute walk from the apartment, and that there wasn’t much to do in the immediate area. However, I am more casual in my traveling and I don’t usually go to a city for its tourism as much I do for things like visiting friends, going to concerts, and museums or just taking in a city’s culture, which is mainly what my experience here was about. Another downside is that, although there is a balcony for you if you would like some fresh air at any time in your productive process (like I was at the desk she provided) it got very drafty at unpredictable times throughout the day.