I visited with my two college-aged daughters, my best friend and my high school-aged goddaughter. The place is definitely the largest place I've ever stayed out of all of my trips to NYC! It's comfortable and so cutely decorated! Anitra & Steven checked in on us several times and were very responsive.
The subway was a little farther than I thought it would be, but not problematic. When you enter the building (behind 3 locked doors so no worries about safety!) you go up one small staircase to a landing. The landing always had a very strong marijuana smell but surprisingly it didn't infiltrate the apartment at all.
If you want to be right in the heart of things with quick accessibility then this may be a bit too far. We found ourselves not wanting to spend the time it took to go back to the apartment to get ready for evening activities so we just stayed out from morning to night. It wasn't an issue at all for us though.
It is close to the police station & a CVS for any forgotten necessities. We also utilized the washer and dryer so there wouldn't be so much laundry to do upon our return!
Overall we really loved it and my daughters were trying to figure out how we could just live there :)