This was excellent for the price. Everyone there keeps to themselves as it is a co-community living. Very New York in that way. You have a mutual respect of each other and their belongings noise etc. This is in Harlem. It can be loud and chaotic outside. I always felt safe in the building. The building is actually very quiet. I stayed during the summertime so the AC box drowned out nearly all the sound. In the winter you would need some sort of white noise with the sounds of Harlem. It’d a few blocks away from the subway. 6 blocks from Whole Foods. The reason I gave it a 4. Is because yes the building is an old brownstone I get that. But, I wish the appliances were updated. The microwave was very small and old. You can get a nice new large microwave for 50 bucks. Same with fridge and stove and some of the furniture. A couple hundred bucks spent at ikea would go a long way here. This is a 5th floor walk up, embrace the work out.