Maxime is such a unique, awesome host, and he was very responsive to us being spontaneous as to when we checked in. The apartment is beautiful and clean. We did not end up cooking during our stay, but the kitchen was very nice too. Although we spent all of our time in lower Manhattan below Central Park (e.g. East Village, Tribeca, West Village), the location was convenient for being able to get there; any subway line we needed was under a 10 minute walk from the apartment! Then, it was just about 20 minutes on a subway to get where we needed :) Would stay there again next time in NY; check it out!