This is a safe neighborhood near restaurants, a parking garage, and the subway. We were lucky enough to find street parking right near the building! Our hostess greeted us and took us up to the apartment. It is exactly as pictured: Clean, fresh towels were provided, as well as linens for the futon, extra pillow, as well as a small ironing board, and iron, and a hair dryer. It's a small studio with a full bed and a futon. It was perfect to come back to you after a day in the city. There were three of us: two adults and a five-year-old, and it worked out well.
At first, the internet provided in the room wasn't connecting, so she provided us with an alternate and we were good to go.
If you are looking for a conveniently located place to stay, near enough to head into the city, but without paying the crazy prices for Manhattan, then this is your place. Walking to/from the subway is easy and safe. It took us about 40 minutes to arrive to the Battery Park station, including the walk from the studio to the subway station.
Buy your tickets to the Statue of Liberty in advance and pick them up at Will Call. If you want to go the crown, I suggest booking out by 45 days or more. We also bought our tickets to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History online, which was a great time saver because it allowed us to skip the line to buy them once we got into the building.
Groupon has tickets for Blue Man Group, which is always a fun show. Also, we saw A Simple Space, which was a total delight! Both shows were a hit with the five year old😁