It’s hard to imagine a better location. Nat is a communicative and helpful host, but on our visit the apartment had a collection of maintenance problems. The ceiling lights turned on and off by themselves (it turns out because the wrong bulbs were overheating and the safety switch turned them off). The toilet wouldn’t stop flushing. 3 wall switches wouldn’t work. All things with easy solutions that would’ve made the apartment nicer. I’m sure these things will be fixed by the time of your visit.
Something that won’t be fixed…The hot water is sketchy. Just part of a cheap NY apt.
But at the end of the day all these things are forgotten because New York is New York and this apartment is right in the center of a transportation and food Mecca.