The apartment was well lit and clean for the most part. We checked out the bathroom as soon we got there and happened to find a centipede in the bathtub which scared us a bit. Neighborhood is not the richest part of New York but it's close to subway stations and about 45 mins via subway to manhattan. The place did have a weird scent when we arrived and two air fresheners that blew puffs of room spray through the day and night.