The room corresponds with the photos of the ad. The apartment is old but very well located: near 1st Avenue, Avenue A, Avenue B, Houston Street. There is a 99 cents Slice Pizza almost underneath the building which helps a lot when you need a quick bite. The building is close to several restaurants in the East Village, but at the same time we had no problems with noise to sleep. The buses work super well in the area. The host (Sien) slept in the living room (which he separated from the rest of the apartment) and gave us total privacy and answered promptly when we needed something