The experience we had at Maria's place was good. The subway station is just a block away from the house, the neighborhood is quiet, you have a supermarket 2 blocks away to buy anything you need and the connection to Manhattan is really good from there. The cat is just amazing (if you love cats, of course...we miss him!) and loves being with people. The house is comfy (but not the mattress in the big room, we really miss our bed back home). Compared to our other Airbnbn experiences I just missed more preparation from the host prior to our arrival: it's great when you get to a place and they have all the information, like wifi password, in a piece of paper so you don't have to text the host (also garbage was completely full and there was not enough toilet paper for our stay) but overall was a good experience.