A truly lovely light filled apartment in a briliant neighbourhood with a perfect host! I can't fault our experience. From the very beginning Dan was super helpful, even offering to mind some luggage and give us a set of keys the week before our stay commenced as we were returning to NYC to stay at his place reasonably late on New Year's Eve. Dan showed us around, talked us through the neighbourhood (which we later fell in love with) and stayed in touch via text during our stay. He checked in with us after our arrival and before our departure to ensure all was well, and immediately replied to our only query - the wifi details were cleary provided at the top of his page of instructions yet I still managed to overlook them ; )
His place was perfect for us. The lovely french windows overlooking the street were ideal for watching the snow fall (exciting for us Antipodeans) and letting in all the light, having just one set of external steps was handy, the bathroom and kitchen are pretty small but super clean and well fitted - and with so many restaurants around we had no plans to cook. The piano is also rather special (and provides a good surface for stuff!!).
Admittedly there was some annoying street noise - roadworks were going on right outside - but that was just a couple of mornings and compared to Downtown there were no sirens or anything other than happy pedestrians. I loved being so close to the street!
Obviously Gramercy Park is a beautiful neighbourhood. And with Union Square subway (and shops) just a short walk from the front door, Dan's place is incredibly central. In fact we walked to lots of places (and would catch the subway back) as the streets are worth exploring and there is so much so close. The restaurants, cafes and bars in the vicinity are a real drawcard, and it's hard to beat Casa Mono directly across the road. We'd booked in the dinner on NYE and coulnd't have found a better spot had we looked further afield. I kept wanting to return but being NYC there are simply too many options.
I'm trying to think of any criticisms and can only suggest the steps out front are pretty steep and a washing machine would be handy - but it's clear one isn't provided so no surprise there.
Thanks Dan for a brilliant stay - I was very sad to leave your lovely little place.