I can sincerely recommend staying at Alanna's place, she's very helpful, friendly and answered all our questions readily, though we didn't meet her in person. The bed is comfortable and the room is really cozy. The location is great, a subway station is really close and it's an "express" station, meaning you can take a train that goes much faster, since it doesn't go through all of the smaller stations - this saves you a lot of time if you want to visit Manhattan regularly, which I definitely recommend. Overall, I can say that choosing this room was one of the factors that made our first stay in NY so awesome.