This apartment is on the Lower East Side near Chinatown. My friend and I worked from this apartment for 6 weeks, and it fit our needs.
Pros: Check in is easy. The East Broadway (F Train) subway station is right outside the front door with easy access to Brooklyn or midtown Manhattan. There are a lot of great Chinese restaurants within walking distance. The apartment is on the second floor, so you don’t have to deal with too many stairs. The water gets plenty hot (it may take a few minutes to warm up). It has a huge walk in shower. The bedrooms are at each end of the apartment with the kitchen/living room in the middle, so you feel like you have your own space. The Wi-Fi isn’t super fast, but it is reliable (24-35 Mbps download, 29-38 Mbps upload). Surprisingly the bedrooms and living rooms had window A/C units although you probably won’t need them in the winter. The apartment is pretty quiet at night. Target, Trader Joe’s, and Rite Aid are within walking distance.
Cons: The beds are a little hard. The bedding is the single biggest thing that could be improved. There’s only a scratchy duvet on each bed: no top sheet, no extra blankets. I would recommend bringing extra blankets or buying ones once you get there. In typical New York apartment fashion, the temperature is set for the entire building. You do not have a thermostat or any control over the heat in the apartment. There was no rhyme or reason of when the heat was on or off. Sometimes it was warm/extremely stuffy in the apartment. Other times it was ice cold, especially at night. I recommend pants to sleep in or extra blankets in case it gets cold. The radiator in the smaller room (the one without the desk) is loud when it kicks on. If you’re a light sleeper, I would recommend earplugs if you stay in that room. Not a dealbreaker, but overall the decor is a little “tired” and could use updating.
Overall, the place fit our needs and we were happy with our stay.