We stayed at Michele's apartment for 10 days in September 2015. Michele was really nice and easy to deal with. He worked around our schedule to meet us upon arrival in the late afternoon. The apartment is quite big for NYC standards with individual furniture and has a huge TV with Netflix, Hulu, etc, AC in the living and bedroom (very important). There are many supermarkets, restaurants and bars around and it is a 15 min walk to central park and 10 min to the next subway station. The lines 4/5 will bring you to the main locations (Times Square/ Wall Street, etc.) within a few stops. Worth staying if you want to be just close enough to all the excitement in NYC but with a more residential neighbourhood!