Joy's and John's place is really nice and the appartment has everything you need. the area around is ok, not the nicest in new york but really ok. metro is a 5 minute walk and about a 10 minute ride to one world trade center and 20 minute ride to tmes square. joy and john are super friendly and communication was easy going. heater in the room is quite a bit loud, but thats everything i can say that was not good in the room ;). for the price in that area, definitely a rec from us. cheers