I stayed at the Mona's apartment for 2 week in October. It was the greatest stay I had in NYC so far. The apartment is nicely decorated, with a lot of cool details. It has character and somehow it makes you feel like you're staying at your friends place. Everything is clean and convinient, the kitchen is fully equipped in case you plan on cooking, which I did.
The location is great. It's surprisingly quiet: I was able to sleep with open windows. Well developed infrastructure, good (and affordable!) stores and only 10 munutes by train to downtown Manhattan. The subway station (C train) is one block away.
Mona was a wonderful host, very helpful and nice.
I would recommend this apartment to anyone.