Michelle was a great host. She was really nice and friendly, always replied within minutes to my questions, was flexible with the check-in and check-out, and if I had any problem (i.e. fire alarm going off due to empty batteries), she came to the rescue. Her apartment is nicely furbished, near a metro station from which you can easy reach Manhattan or go deeper into Brooklyn. It's situated in a Jewish orthodox neighbourhood and but you can easily reach "hip places" if you go more towards Bedford Avenue Metro Station. There, you'll find tons of nice restaurants and bars, and you'll get to "Yoga to the People", a really nice yoga studio which Michelle recommended ( – a recommendation I can only repeat).
HOWEVER, the sleeping arrangement itself was not that great. While Michelle mentions in the description that you sleep in the living room, her place is still listed as a "private room" (filter option) on the airbnb website, which it is not! You will wake up every morning at 7:30/8ish as Michelle has to go to work and has to walk through the living room to get to her closet, kitchen or simply the door to exit her apartment. While it didn't bother me that much in the beginning, I got a little annoyed on the third/fourth day. The listing should definitely be changed to "shared room". Apparently, this has been mentioned previously in comments, but neither the host nor airbnb itself has changed that.
The sleeping couch wasn't too comfy (very hard and uneven, so hips started to hurt on the fourth day), so all in all I thought the price was a little much for what was more of a couch surfing kind of arrangement. For 1-2 nights, it's definitely fine, but if you plan to stay longer in NYC, I'd go somewhere more comfortable (and therefore also pricier).