This apartment was excellent, great location, great communication with Koichi, safe and perfect for a few nights in New York. However I haven't rated it 5 stars as we got bed bugs in the apartment. The room itself was really clean but we had bed bugs and I had to throw away or spend hours decontaminating clothes etc. when I got home. I know bed bugs are everywhere in Manhattan but I wanted to give a heads up for this apartment. Also just to be aware the bathroom and toilet are shared by the whole floor so they might not always be the cleanest, but this is something we didn't mind as we knew beforehand and Koichi had said to bring bathroom sandals, which we did do.