My wife and I stayed at Manu's apartment for 19 days, as our first experience with Airbnb, and We strongly recommend booking this place. The location is amazing, very close to the subway and Times Square. The surroundings are very safe (we usually returned home on foot after midnight with no worries on the way). Manu is also a great host, answering all the questions almost instantaneously and with great detail. Checking in and out was very easy. We're definitely going back when we return to NYC.