These are the Pros and Cons of staying in this studio - I stayed for 3 weeks with a friend.
Pros:
The Host Julia has excellent communication skills. Her response time was super fast and she and her team did everything they could to make our 3 week stay great. She is really spirited, courteous and helpful.
The studio was fresh and clean, nice refrigerator, appliances, coffee pot, utensils, hot plate type electric heat for cooking and a superb modern micro-wave - that worked really great. Wifi is fast.
There is a nice & convenient laundry room on the main floor.
The area is centrally located and transportation is a breeze - lots of buses, trains and taxes. There are tons of restaurants & coffee shops. Wholefoods and the wonderful Bryant Park are a short walk up 6th Ave.
Cons:
The studio was very clean but the building itself is old and run down. The studio is super small (looks bigger in the photo,) it can fit up to 4, and there were 2 of us and we just about fit.
There are long term tenants who seem like they've lived here for decades. But, for the studio I rented, it is basically a crash pad for tourists who are so busy all they need is a place to sleep, a shower, basic meal and are on the go. Tourists seem to really thrive in the building because they're going to shows, Empire State Building, etc. But as a non-tourist, this studio and building are a real challenge and I wouldn't stay here again.
Smoke - although there is supposedly a "tough" no-smoking policy, you can smell smoke as some of the other guests are smoking in their rooms. Then, to make matters worse - people are allowed to stand right in front of the building and smoke - so every time you exit you're faced with streams of smoke sucked into the building.
There are pot & drug dealers on the corner - who smoke 24/7 - the good news is that they don't bother anyone, just keep to themselves. So it's relatively safe.
The TV - during my stay I didn't really have time to watch television, since I had computer work to do, but when I did "try" to watch it was terrible. The set up is not good, and in the 21st Century ALL guests should have, and demand, basic cable. In this studio, there are rabbit ears antenna on top of a TV that only gets Crime TV, old Westerns, shopping channel, channel 7, religious channels and some odd stuff. There is no good reason not to have MODERN DAY TV for guests who are paying these competitive prices.