A very pleasent place to stay, very beautifuly decorated, Brian is very friendly & cool. The building is quite dirty and smely, but once you reach Brian's place you just feel like home. You need to consider taking a bus + metro to go to Manhanttan, which can take 45 min to reach Times Square for an example. There will be all you need in the flat : towels, shower gel, towels, AC, etc. There is no recycling bin, but I have found recycling is surprisingly and sadly not popular in NYC :-( I highly recomand Brian's place !