The airbnb is a good base to explore New York from. Subway East-Broadway is just 50 meters away. Please be aware that the apartment is on the 4th floor (no elevator). We stayed in the Oceans room, which is very small, the smallest room of the apartment. Hardly any space for our suite cases. We know that the other rooms (travel room and the other one) are bigger. If you want to have a relatively cheap place (without luxury) to stay downtown NY, you could consider this airbnb. The place is very quiet. The hostess is very friendly and easy to reach via the airbnb app.