Me and my boyfriend stayed with Min for one week. We were very unfortunate that we did not get to know her as she was travelling at the time. Therefore we missed the breakfasts and we are very keen on coming to NY again just for that experience. :)
The apartment is very clean and apart from short trouble with hot water in the shower (only 1 day and it was possible to take a shower just not comfortably) averything was great and Min even arranged for the shower to be fixed even though she was half way across the world.
The blocks around might not be the most fancy part of NYC but you are as close as someone can be to all public transport to Manhattan and you're in walking distance to the shore of the East River where some magnificent photographs can be made in the morning, during the day or in the evenings.
Min was very helpful with tips how to get around and what to do even if she was not in the US at the time. Internet was working perfectly all the time, which is also very important.
Even though the building is over 100 years old we had no problems at all with anything and our stay was great.