Perfect location in the coolest neighborhood. Space was clean, cozy, cute, with tons of extras provided like oatmeal, milk, yogurt, snacks, bottle of wine, a couple of beers, filtered water, and even other things like Q-tips, earplugs (for noisy streets, but they didn't bother us at all), shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion, cords for our electronics and even a bluetooth speaker! The building was quiet and room was the perfect size for 2 people. The space was utilized in the most efficient way. We felt like we were in an IKEA showroom! The neighborhood is hip and cool, with people in the streets at all hours of the night and delicious restaurants within the block. There's even a jazz club 2 doors down! The other residents in the building were all friendly. We stayed on Thanksgiving weekend and could smell the delicious food wafting in the stairwell from an apartment downstairs. My ONLY complaint was the 3 very long flights of stairs. My husband had to carry our luggage up and down because I am out of shape and weak. I was out of breath every time I came up the stairs but that's MY fault. :) Our hosts left a guest book with recommendations for all kinds of places in the area which was super helpful! The neighborhood is a short cab ride away from all other areas of NYC. We walked a couple miles to China Town, Little Italy, the 9/11 Memorial and the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. When we visited midtown, we took a cab. But if you wanna take the subway, the station is just a couple blocks away from the studio. We enjoyed the bars in the neighborhood. We visited McSorley's for our second time and met some lovely local folks. My husband fell in love with one of the Japanese restaurants on the next block. We ate there 3 times very late at night. (He used to live in Japan and really appreciated their food.) We never met our hosts personally but we were cool with that. I left them a long "thank you" note. We would definitely stay here again and recommend this studio to anyone looking for an "authentic" NYC experience! Thank you Shala & Gui!