Dana and Justin gave me all of the information I asked for before and during my stay i Upper Harlem. Someone else cancelled my stay a few days before I was going to NYC and they just jumped in and offered their home for a very low price. The place was easy to find from JFK. I took a yellow cab because I was tired. But it is very easy to get to Convent Ave by airtrain and the express A-train (2 hours). I tried this on my homebound trip. I did not have much face to face contact with Dana or Justin. He was there to welcome me and hand out the keys and I saw him a few times late at night. I met Dana one night for a few minutes. They are working most nights and I was out from 7 to 10 every day. I think they are busy people in the entertainment busines. A few words when we met were allright. But communication was brilliant. We were in contact most of the days via Airbnb mail system. I had lots of good suggestions to my every day plan whenever I asked. When I asked for something I would get several suggestions for my walking tours in both midtown, Harlem and Bronx.
The room was big clean and had all I needed for my stay. Very good bed and AC since I am a scandinavian who sweats when temperature exceeds 20 centigrades.
This part of Harlem is just fantastic. Lots of famous black poets and musicians lived there. And remember one thing: visit St. Lukes Church just 5 minutes away for a sermon at 10 sunday and get an experience you'll never forget and visit the police station round the corner and talk to the police men/women that are so friendly and accommodating (like all of the police I've met in NYC -contrary to ie. french policemen, that are normally repellent if you should dare to ask for help.
The apt was absolutely fantastic for a visit to NYC. 30 minutes from mid/downtown and 20 minutes from The Bronx. The Sub is only 5 minutes away and from there you go anywhere in the city by local og express trains. I only met nice and very helpfull people in the neighborghood - at 7 in the morning as well as 11 in the night. Lots of small delis where you can buy cheap food and drinks.
The room was much larger than I'd believed. TV, Netflix, Wifi right at your hand. Everything tidy and clean. Good and BIG beed to sleep in. Bathroom and kitchen was exellent - though I didn't use the kitchen much. And the noise from the street is minimal.
Thank you Dana and Jusstin for a perfect stay in the most wonderful city in the world. I'll se you again - perhaps next Easter.
Knud