This place had some serious issues with regards to cleanliness and accuracy of the listing. The 2 main issues were:
1. The place is not as clean as in the photos. It was very dirty (especially in the kitchen). The kitchen cabinets are dirty, dusty and sticky, and opening them often revealed several cockroaches hiding among the cooking utensils and whatever else was thrown into the drawers and cabinets. Plates, bowls, cups and utensils in the cabinet all had a strange stickiness to them. There were so many fruit flies flying all over the kitchen, and my room had several flies and mosquitos flying around when I arrived. Also, the kitchen lights were constantly flickering, which made doing anything in the kitchen both a disgusting and dizzying experience with the bugs and flickering lights.
2. There is no private door for the bedroom, only a sliding door with a gap between the wall and the door, so naturally noise from the kitchen easily comes into the room, and I could imagine noise from the room will also very easily escape to the rest of the apartment. This is not mentioned in the Airbnb description and is not what I imagine as a “private room.”
There were other problems as well, such as water, wifi, and noise (do NOT use this place to work from home). The host is not in New York and is extremely unresponsive, taking over a day one time to respond to some serious concerns and not offering any solutions. Her main defense for the bugs in the building was "it's the Bronx." In the end I had to leave and check into a new airbnb for the remainder of my stay.