This is a place that has easy walking access to the subway into Manhattan via 2 subway stations (6 and 2,5 trains). Also well within walking distance are supermarkets and delis. The place feels safe and is located on forth floor without elevator (apartment 4D). On warm days/nights, there is a lot of activities going on in the streets below and you can hear that well into the night. When I stayed there the host was working late so there were no disturbances from within the apartment in the evening and she was pretty quiet when she got home in the middle of the night, but it was hard not to wake up for a short while when that happened. The bed was OK but it felt odd to sleep on a mattress covered with plastic, like sleeping in a waterbed without water. I guess that is because the host has a cat so you never know what can happen when the cat is around even if she kept in in a cage most of the time. Still the cat made sounds from time to time. I guess you just have to be comfortable with having a cat around if you are going to stay in this place.