Over All: The price is on the low side and it was a great value. If you have expectations of fanciness and perfect comfort maybe look elsewhere.
Neighborhood: Was nice, felt safe, with a great togo breakfast spot across the street and all kinds of good food within a few minutes walk. We walked around and took pictures of some great artwork on the buildings! It's fairly quiet; the train rumbles by in the distance, but was easily drowned out by the box fan in our window. We were only awakened one time in 4 nights by some passers-by making noise on the street.
Location/transit: 10 minute walk to the East River ferry (very nice) and the train. Easy to get into the city, but avoid rush hour.
Issues: Hot water didn't work in the building on our last morning, but the host has no control over that. The room was somewhat uncomfortable during a warm night; the host provides a box fan for the window which makes it tolerable. The bathroom is tiny, with a full sized tub, but we couldn't get the stopper to hold water in all the way.
Amenities: coffee/French press with sugar and creamer (good coffee). Nice towels. Comfy bed. The host was barely there and very quiet when they were there so we felt like we had the place to ourselves most of the time. The cat was very sweet and loved to be petted, but wasn't annoying or in our face at all. The host is very nice!
Over all very good experience. Thank you!