The room was close to Manhattan and I alternated between taking a train (about 10-20min and the 7 train goes *often*), or walking (about 5km to Central Park, for example). I was first a bit giddy about the noise, as the train is quite close, but turned out it didn't bother at all -- didn't even need earplugs. For some reason, I didn't have problems connecting to WiFi with a laptop, but the signal in the room was too weak for my mobile. Area seemed secure and the host was excellent.