Excellent value and very accommodating host – would definitely stay again.
I didn’t get to meet Tang as he was out of town on business, but his girlfriend was very helpful. We were able to check in early morning after coming through on an overnight bus, and they similarly let us store our bags during the day after we checked out on our last morning.
The apartment was very clean and located within very reasonable walking distances to a couple of lines. The neighborhood felt safe and was close to many food options in Chinatown. They even had a printed map in the room with lots of suggestions of different restaurants. There were a few breakfast options made available to us in the apartment itself.
Noise level was pretty standard for a large city like NYC with the usual street/traffic/shop noise, and I definitely would not consider it excessive. Had no problems with the internet. Communication was mostly through texts, and always got a reply pretty quickly.