Very nice and spacious 1BR apartment in a luxury building. About half a block from 4, 5, 6 subway lines, and one block from N, Q lines, so very convenient location to public transportation.
The building is equipped with a gym, but due to COVID it was closed. I assumed this was the case, but it would be nice if the host updated the posting to include this information. The roof deck is open, and it is a very nice, spacious roof deck indeed. Big enough to feel like a garden where you can take a walk.
Rather than a property owned & used by an individual, this looks like it's a property acquired by a company specifically to rent out as an AirBnb. As such, many of the little tools/utensils/appliances/doo-dads that come with a property where someone has actually lived for a while, are missing here. Major appliances like fridge, dishwasher, stove/oven are all there, and were in fact quite nice. But things like kitchen knives, pots and pans, mixing bowls, cutting boards, coffee maker, etc were surprisingly cheap, shoddy, or just missing. It almost looked like they bought or rented/renovated this apartment for rentals, brought in furniture, etc, then the COVID thing hit, and they went "oh well, I guess nobody will actually be renting this" and just kinda quit before finishing furnishing the apartment with reasonable kitchen utensils.
I don't want to be too harsh here because the major things (location, building, apartment itself, major appliances, AC) were all on spot. And I imagine the AirBnB business is quite brutal right now. But the situation with the kitchen utensils was rather regrettable. I felt like I was 95-97% of the way to a true NYC luxury apartment stay, just to be let down by the last few little details.
Still, if you're like most NYC visitors, and plan on mostly eating out, getting your coffee from the Starbucks right next door to the building, etc then I doubt you'll even notice the kitchen utensils. I just happened to be a rather atypical visitor, because I was there working/quarantining, and spent 99% of my time in the apartment, working (and cooking). For most folks I think this place would rate 5 stars