This is the perfect Airbnb for anyone looking to explore NYC. Jhovana is an amazing and cheerful host who has lived in NYC for many years. She gave me advice on bars and restaurants to go to both in the immediate area and also just all around NYC. The room is spacious and clean. Jhovana also cleans the apartment every other day so it's always nice and comfortable. Not too mention she has a dog (Esse) who is such a sweetheart!! He's a great addition to the apartment especially if you want to spend a night in and chill... he was my buddy.
The apartment is located in Alphabet City which is basically the Lower East Side of Manhattan. In general this area is younger (20's & 30's) with unlimited fun things to do. Things that I loved about Jhovana's location in Alphabet City: it's right next to this road called St. Marks which has a ton of fun bars and restaurants and yoga (great for a night out or getting breakfast the next morning). Her apartment is also about a block away from this cafe called C&B (yelp it!) which has incredible food and the owner, Ali, is a really cool guy. Lastly, alphabet city is great because it takes only a 10-15 minutes to walk to Houston which is the main road. From there you can go anywhere in the city. It's also a 10 minute uber ride ($5-10) to get to Brooklyn which I did many times!
Places to go in the immediate area:
C&B Cafe
Yoga to the People on St. Marks
Grassroots ($3 draft beers on St. Marks)
Kafana - amazing serbian food on the same block as the apartment
The 3rd Man - very cool bar on the same block as the apartment
Zum Schneider - authentic german bar with great german beer and sausages
Katz's Deli - world famous deli
I had a great stay at Jhovana's place and will definitely stay again next time I visit NYC. Thanks Jhovana!