Overall, Rosana’s place was pretty good. It was as described: close to the subway, and around lots of bodegas. The neighborhood was a typical Bronx neighborhood, some noise, but it’s New York, so if you expect dead silence, you’re in the wrong place.
There were a few cons as well. This is a basement unit that isn’t suitable for anyone over 5’5”; I am 5’2” and could touch the ceiling with a flat palm. There are steep stairs leading down and it’s kinda hard to open the door while also perched on the steep stairs. There were two of us so we had the second (smaller) bed. The larger one seemed like a futon laid flat with a thin pad on top - not the most comfortable, but did the trick. The smaller bed had a very thin mattress/pad and when I sat on it, I understood why my friend wasn’t super comfortable. There are no drawers if you’re there for an extended stay (we were there a week), but just a small closet, so be aware if you’re like me who likes to unpack. The radiator pipe on the ceiling gets extremely hot and I woke up sweating every night with no relief as the only way to get air in would be leaving the door open in the middle of the night. It seemed quite ironic that there are so many charges for not cleaning up after ourselves, but we found hair on the ground and in the shower, as well as a scrunchie that didn’t belong to us. There was also a very obviously used bar of soap in the shower as well.
We followed all the rules: separated and tossed the trash, washed things we used. All in all, would I stay again, probably not, but it was a place to rest so we were alright.