The NYC Department of Buildings placed a "Vacate - Do Not Enter" order on this address in 2017, as the "conditions in [the] premises are imminently perilous to life". This was taken off the door before my arrival, but city officials re-sealed the door on my second day with a new vacate notice. When I saw it, I ended my stay.
The location is good, room is comfortably sized, the host acted quickly to my request for help with the smell (the bedroom and entry hall had an overwhelming cigarette smoke odour). The bathroom was clean and convenient. Overall, if the house did not present a safety risk and was legal to enter, I probably would have had an OK stay. Host was very responsive, especially when asking me to ignore the "Violators of the Commissioner's order are subject to arrest" part of the notice.