Pavel was a fantastic host. Very responsive over text before I arrived and I was so touched that he even came to meet me at the subway station to walk me to the apartment. Pavel is a NYC tour guide so on the way he shared with me some facts about the neighborhood. Even though I have lived in NYC before and was not a tourist, I really enjoyed this the quintessential Airbnb experience: not only getting a great place to stay, but getting to know the neighborhood and the city and the people of the city in a deeper way. The studio was just like the photos. On a beautiful street. It's on the first floor just above the ground floor, there was some street noise but not much and it didn't disturb me at all. I slept great. I appreciated being close to two different subway lines. All in all a great stay. Thanks Pavel!