I stayed in this apartment for 3 months with two other roommates as we were doing an internship at the hospital nearby. Overall, we had a good stay. It fit us, our luggage, and our clothes fine, it is very conveniently located across the street from a shopping market and near the hospital we were working at, there are two common areas which are great to sit at, and the beds were very comfortable. We saw other apartments when we would go visit friends, and every time we returned home we appreciated our apartment more due to the space, convenience, and price when splitting amongst three people. We were able to fit three people because we requested an extra mattress which fit in the floor of one of the bedrooms, and it turned out to be as comfortable as the other 2. We met Omar who is one of the supers of the building who was extremely helpful getting us the mattress and the space heaters, explained bellow. Again, overall our stay was good, but of course we did fall into some problems which I believe are minor in the grand scheme of things but things for future tenants to know:
Communication was annoying because the listers are not the same as the management. Many times I would reach out on the Airbnb website and would be asked to speak with management, who I would then reach out to and not get a response straight away. We had an issue with the heater and air conditioning system which took nearly 5-6 weeks to resolve. We came in April which was still very cold in New York, and we were given two space heaters to use. The heating system never got fixed, and the maintenance only came and fixed it after the weather got hotter and we were now needing air conditioning.
While there are two bathrooms, the second bathroom with the square shaped shower was practically unusable. The shower was simply too small: the curtain would always stick on you, there was no space to place any shampoo or body wash bottles, and you have no space to move. The main big shower was fantastic with the water pressure and temperature being excellent. The only issue we faced with the bathroom was that after a hot shower, the steam would exit into the bedroom across from it and set off the smoke detector.
The entrance of the apartment is on the street and placed in between the two garbage collection points for the rest of the building. As a result of this, during the summer time a swarm of flies were almost always hovering around our door, and anytime we would enter or exit the apartment 2-3 flies would enter with us. We probably killed 12-15 flies over our stay there.
The couch is old and smells weird, though the listers did say they will be renovating the apartment after we leave so it may be gone by now.