Although we really enjoyed our short time in NYC, a couple notes about this cute tiny Airbnb:
- It is in East Harlem so you either have to take a Lyft/Cab or take the metro to get to Time Square.
- there is a metro station about 9 blocks away, 96th street about a 15 minute walk.
- Central Park is also about a 15 minute walk.
- If you’re from out of state/country the walk could be scary especially after sunset since the surrounding area is very dirty and not the ‘NYC high end area’ . (We’re from the Bay Area so we took the metro everywhere & didn’t mind the location)
- the unit is on the 6th floor so you would have to go up and down flights of stairs since there’s no elevator so keep this in mind if you have luggages.
- the unit is accurate from the listing but like every other review we did have issues with the AC unit that we completely just stopped using it and cracked the window open instead, for some reason it can get really hot in the unit at night even though it’s cold outside.
- the unit is in a corner so the cars in the morning can be really loud. I was woken up with cars beeping every morning we stayed here.
- in the listing they want you to clean the apt & throw away the trash on your own upon checking out, imagine this with your luggages & 6 flights of stairs? also what is the point of the cleaning fee?
not sure if this unit is owned by a woman but there is just no feminine touch to this unit at all… i wanted to heat up our pizza in the oven but they didn’t have anything that I could use to do that, not even those pans to throw into the oven. i’d definitely rather cash out on a better unit somewhere closer in the downtown. thank you for having us! the unit has a TON of potential.