Great location in terms of convenience if you would like to be near the theatre district/ times square. 8th and 9th have a lot of places to eat. The windows do not offer a nice view, as one side faces a high school and the other a brick wall, but I didn't care about that.
Here are the only things I would warn others of: Even with the radiators turned off, the steam heating system keeps the apartment very warm in the winter, like it was quite hot anytime I did not have a window open or AC turned on. The windows also did not lock, which was a little worrisome, because two of them opened to the fire escape. The downstairs neighbors would smoke either in their apartment or out the window in the evenings, and the smell would get in the apartment. Last thing, kind of nit-picky, but I have stayed in airbnbs where they had fully equipped kitchens, and although this one did have cups, silverware, and plates, there was no pot or pan, so I had to buy one. Wouldn't have bothered me if I was there for a short stay, but being there for a month made those things get kinda annoying.
Things I really liked: convenient location, a deli and a laundromat were within a block's walk, the door of the building is protected by a code, no one but high schoolers were ever hanging around on the street, so I felt pretty safe even living there alone. There was an extra bed, so my friend had somewhere to stay when she came to visit. And one of the bedrooms is a separate room from the rest of the apartment! That's a rare find, very nice. And towels were provided. Check in and check out was the easiest I've ever experienced.