Good and cheap place to stay in NYC for a few days, subways 4 183th st), B, D (182-183th st) are really really close and it makes it easy to go spend the day in Manhattan and come back from different locations. The bedroom is enough spacious for 2 backpackers, and pretty clean even if you see the building is old. Neighborhood is OK.
Mariela seems to be a nice person even if we didn't really had the chance to talk much.
We were a bit afraid as we didn't had any news about arrival and check-in until when we arrive at JFK (2 hours before arriving at Mariela's place) but then she answered and her mother was there to welcome us so everything went well.
We recommend Mariela's place !