This was the first time I used airbnb and I am glad I did it! Penny is such a gracious, elegant and considerate person - I immediately liked her at the first sight! I used to live in Manhattan some 20 years ago - just a few blocks away from where she lives so it is a kind of my neighborhood as well. Very quiet, safe and convenient for everything. As I am a huge fan of Metropolitan Opera for which I visit NYC a few times a year, her place is very ideal as the bus which goes very close to Lincoln Center (and also for other buses) stops just across the street. Subway station is only a couple blocks away from where you can reach JFK in about an hour. As many wrote, Penny is very helpful, knowledgeable, friendly and her huge angel smile makes you feel at ease immediately. Her apartment is immaculate and very tastefully decorated (as the photos!) and there is everything you need. The building itself is very beautiful, well-preserved, built in 1919 (am I correct, Penny?) and all the doormen are lovely who make you feel very much safe as well. I am honored to be the fist Japanese guest and I would love to come back to see her big welcoming smile. Highly recommended to everybody!