Our stay at Aura's was alright! Aura was nice and accommodating, she allowed us to check in early and was accommodating overall for booking her place. The place itself was okay, spacious for new york and but I feel like the photos make the apt look less cluttered than it really is. It was a central location and 3 min walk to the subway station!! So this was perfect for us and a popular bar right downstairs and a great bubble tea place. The area should be safe for couples/men but is okay for solo girls. The place had bugs (One night we came in and saw bugs on the floor and counter tops but didn't see them any other day... I think they were roaches). The rooms were clean and the AC and wifi worked perfect. The bathroom was tiny and the water pressure in the washroom did not work at all. Had to use the kitchen sink for everything. When asking Aura about the water pressure she said it probably had something to do with building maintenance but didn't follow up after. Also if you are bringing a car to NYC, I'd strongly advise booking a space that offers parking. Although Aura did not offer parking, we were under the impression that parking would be easy to find and would be cheap when asked Aura about it. We ended up having to pay an extra $125 USD for parking... wish we did more research on our ends instead of going with what the host said. However when we reached out to Aura about parking, she was responsive and did try to help us which was appreciated. Thanks Aura!