Cool neighborhood, classic building, classic apartment, great host.

If you're going to NYC alone I would highly recommend staying at Sarah and Pablo's place. You get a real sense of the texture of a neighborhood, a community--this is Hamilton Heights/West Harlem--and the people in it. I'm getting up in years and wonder ... maybe I'm too old and should stay in a hotel...? But I'm so glad I decided to do the airbnb.

Attractive room, more than enough space. Beautiful quilt on the comfortable bed (I'm really tall and my back felt great each morning). Walk two very short uptown blocks to the 1 subway line [5 minutes or less], --and the neighborhood is far enough up from the upper west side that it's easy to get a seat traveling in.

Both Sarah and Pablo answered my questions and were the most warm and gracious of hosts.