My husband and I stayed 8 nights in September, to tour the city. This was a great location with a very warm host. Besides saving money, it was interesting to see the perspective from a NY west side neighborhood and apartment, convenient to Central Park, museums, and subway.

The room is in a sub-basement at the bottom of a stairway. There is a fire exit to a different stairway (lockable---double-bolted---from the inside). There is no door between the assigned room and the living room upstairs, so visual privacy is okay, but sound privacy is limited. The window opens to a well below ground level, so there is no window view or direct natural light.

A shared television was available upstairs. Sharing the bathroom on the main floor for showers worked fine. Internet worked fine. The room was fairly represented as described, and a good way to save costs.