This accommodation is as advertised: a no-frills, hostel-like room in a central location. The staff were friendly but we ran into a few issues during our stay.
When we arrived to check-in we were asked to pay an additional set of hotel taxes for New York City that were not included on the AirBnB site or mentioned at the time of booking. Despite the fact that it is against AirBnB policy to charge fees in this manner, we had no choice but to pay as we had no alternate accommodation. Had we known the additional taxes were as expensive as they were, we would have likely booked alternate accommodations. We were requested to pay the additional fees and take our concerns up with AirBnB and that there was nothing they could do. AirBnB was helpful with compensating us for these fees.
On the 2nd night of our stay, the air conditioning broke down. We dealt with this issue for over an hour the next morning as we had to wait for a member of the staff to take a look at it, unable to leave for the day. We then had to help this staff member troubleshoot the problem by helping them take apart the unit, which had frozen solid. This took additional time out of our day and we were eventually moved to another room later that evening. For staying at a "hotel", it was frustrating that had to stay behind and deal with these issues rather than enjoy our vacation. That being said, the hotel staff was helpful in arranging the room next door for us and had it ready for when we returned, even though it was quite late at night.
We had a good trip overall and the hotel staff were pleasant, but this accommodation was frustrating to stay at and took away from our experience staying here.