Loved the location! "Gem of the East Village" is on E 9th, half a block from Tompkins Square Park. It's a great place to start from to get to NYU, Cooper Union, and loads of other places. It's easy to get to the L-train on E 14th and 1st Avenue, under 15 minute walk. Just be sure to use the entrance on the uptown side of the street if you want to connect to other Manhattan trains, or the entrance on the downtown side of the street if you want to go to Queens.
There's no microwave, so we reheated our tasty leftovers in the gas oven, which worked well but took a bit longer.
We had 2 bars of AT&T LTE cell service in the apartment, with a stronger signal nearer the windows facing the street.