We booked for one month for post surgery recovery, thus our needs were somewhat different from a typical short term stay, e.g., we stayed inside most of the time, and cooked often. We survived, but certainly will not book again.
Pros: Convenient location, short walk to Time Square, grocery/drugstore across street, quiet neighborhood.
Cons:
1. It's an old building with central furnace, the heating cannot be adjusted, often very hot. It is on the 1st floor, the furnace in the basement makes loud noise constantly, like a subway passing. The air in the hallway outside of the apartment often smells bad.
2. Most of the furniture are old/bad: the sofa is old/fragile/saggy-to-the-frame, it's not usable, the table/chairs have screws missing and dangerously unstable, the floor fan is antique and noisy, footboards in the bathroom are falling apart, many electric outlets don't work, lightbulbs broken. We decided to buy a new set of pans and dining-ware after check-in.