This apartment is exactly as depicted in the pictures. It is a rather typical NYC apartment, although the living room and bedroom are very spacious. The bed is good (firm, to our liking, we slept well), the bathroom is nice with a good shower, and the kitchen well stocked (although the apartment walls could use a coat of paint). There is street noise, mostly during the day--but that's NYC. There are two types of airbnbs: (1) those that are vacant and used exclusively for rentals, and (2) those that are lived in and rented. This one is the latter. So there is lots of stuff in the apartment (e.g., the frig was half full of food stuffs), but mostly it is out of the way and not bothersome. The $15/day fee for utilities/wifi seems unnecessary. Communication was very good with the host. The description lists clothes washer/dry--they are in the basement, but we didn't need them. The neighborhood is very safe and with excellent access to restaurants, grocery stores, some museums, and Central Park. We would stay here again.