The place we stayed in Manhattan was exactly as described, it is a small building with 8 private apartments with either 1 or 2 double comfortable beds. Very comfortable, very safe, quiet, all with private bathrooms ( great hot water) and TV, shared kitchen, very fast Wi Fi, for summer, air conditioning worked so so well. We stayed in the room at the back and we did not hear a thing even if we were in the middle of lots of restaurants. Excellent value for money and brilliant location situated couple of minutes walk to Times square, all the Broadway theatres (we binged on the shows , so close to the 1/2 ticks office). and there are couple of supermarkets around, go to 47th. laundromats. pharmacies everything so handy.

We never met in person our hosts, the information was excellent using number keypads, the cleaner was there everyday and she was so helpful. The only observation is there are lots of stairs if you have mobility problems or very heavy luggage it could be an issue. I advise arriving by Taxi if you never been to NY ( BTW now NY Taxis has fixed price from airport so is cheaper than UBER). Definitely would stay there again!