I had a good stay in this apartment. I didn’t meet Maya in person, but she was very prompt, pleasant and responsive with all her communication. The check-in process was awkward since Maya does not live in this apartment. She had to call someone else to let me in, though they had known about my arrival in advance.
The bedroom I stayed in was not the same as that shown in the listing. It was smaller, which was ok for one person, but may be tight for a couple. I’ve asked the host to update the photo, you should double check if you’re staying in the room shown in the photos or not.
The room had a desk/chair, a set of drawers, and a small in-built closet with hangers. The bed was medium firm, and felt pretty comfortable for me. The position of the room has some advantages, it’s away from the kitchen and living area, so it’s a bit quieter, and it’s not facing a street, or the thrash carts of the building. Instead, it faces another brownstone apartment only thirty feet away, so the level of noise will depend on the neighbors. I didn’t have trouble sleeping soundly on most nights, but the upstairs neighbors sometimes stomp like elephants and drop weights late at night.
There are two other bedrooms in the apartment, with two single, gen Z guys living there. They were welcoming and friendly, and also 420-friendly, but kept their smoking away from the living area.
There is no AC unit in the living area or in the bedroom that I stayed in, so in summer it can get very hot inside. There is a large fan in the bedroom that helps, and I bought an extendable insect screen to keep the window open at night without letting in the mosquitoes, so you should find the insect screen there.
I had access to the shared bathroom, as well as the kitchen to cook and prepare meals, these were easily accessible most of the time. Washer/dryer combo is also in the kitchen area. The shared areas are not as clean as they were according to earlier reviews, so this can be improved.
The apartment is up two flights of stairs, on the third floor of a typical NYC five-story brownstone building, with no elevator. The location suited my needs, it’s half a block from Riverside Dr. and two blocks to the 1 (local) subway train, in a Latino-flavor hood.