Dwayne was a great host and very welcoming. The apartment is as described, it's cosy and quite calm for the city, yet well connected. It was lovely to be able to walk through the historic streets of Harlem as my first experience of NY. I recommend a visit to the National Jazz Museum Harlem off Malcom X Blv, on 129th street. It's a short walk from the place. If you don't mind walking, you can go all the way down the Blv into Central Park and experience the streets. For the place itself, it is a chilled building complex. The building itself is not fancy, but I didn't mind that. I felt safe and people were always friendly. There are benches and a playground in the courtyard and sometimes people sit in the evening on the bench that you can see from the room's window. If the window is open you can hear them, but I didn't get too much noise. I think others did comment on the building having thin walls, which is true and you can hear noises from above as if something has been dropped, but mostly the flat was quiet and any noise I heard did not take away from my overall experience. It's good value for money to stay in NY, not too far from Manhanttan and lots of attractions, if you are keen to stay in a more authentic neighbourhood. :)