I stayed in the apartment for long term (5 weeks). Most of the pros and cons reflect my experience living long term.
Pros: Location! It’s 2 mins from the 6 train, which goes up and down east manhattan. The laundry service was next door and east to access. There’s a police station on the same block, which definitely made this area feel more safe.
Kitchen had some pots, pans, microwave, fridge, plates, bowls, cooking and eating utensils.
Melanie provides linens, towels, and first aid kit, essential toiletries (in the case you forgot you’re)
Cons: This is not a great place for long term stay. I stayed here for 5 weeks. Each corner of the kitchen is covered by cooking/eating supplies, which makes it really hard to cook. I wanted to bake some fish and vegetables. But to do so, I would had to remove pots and pans from the oven and place them on the small counter space. But then I would not have any counter space to prep. The fridge is located in an awkward location, which makes it hard to access. The counter space in the kitchen is very small (about 24” x 24”), which made prepping food very difficult. There wasn’t a basic toaster in the kitchen. Overall, it was difficult to cook in this apartment.
There’s a lot of light that enters the room. Melanie likes keeping the windows and curtains open during the day (she’ll make sure to open them everyday), which makes the room super warm and humid by the time I return at the end of the day. For the humid summers, this was not fun.
The doors for the room are French doors that do not lock! The doors are completely see through (it’s glass), but there is a black out curtain you can use to get some privacy. I would have liked a door that locks instead. This was not mentioned until I moved in.
If you’re staying long term, there isn’t enough closet and under the bed space. Half the closet and under-the-bed space is taken up by extra linens and storage boxes. I personally couldn’t store one of my large suitcases anywhere, so it because a nuisance quite fast.