Our experience at this location and with the host was very disappointing. It is NOT newly renovated.. The location was very good, near my family's home. Easy to access upon arrival. There are high steps leading up to the front door, once inside there is another set of steep steps. Also, it's a split level with 6 steps up to the bedrooms. I include this because it is not for anyone with mobility issues. My Dad was going to come there the day of my daughter's wedding to make room for the girls at his house, but the steps made that impossible. It is NOT a 2 bathroom as listed, but 1 full bath and a tiny 1/2 bath in one bedroom. One of the main reasons we chose this apartment was for the supposedly 2 bathrooms. There were 2 ac units.. one in the living room, one in bigger bedroom. That's it. The other 2 bedrooms had none and it would have been impossible for anyone to sleep in there with the humidity and smell of mold and stale air. The carpeting was filthy. The kitchen sink was stained brown. The oven and microwave were very dirty. Only the refrigerator was clean. Two knobs on the stove were missing, and we found out our 1st night there, after turning one on, we could not turn it off. I texted and called Ely from 9pm to past 11pm. No response. We had to try and sleep with the burner on and kept checking it constantly during the night, going downstairs because if we fell asleep with gas leaking we could not wake up again. We could not budge the window in the kitchen open. A very dangerous problem. The next morning, Ely sent a message he would send someone over, but my husband with Ely's permission pulled out the stove and shut the gas valve off. Ely was to credit us $100, but has not done so. The tiny balcony had sliders nearly stuck closed. And only a few vertical blinds hanging. At night with the light on, anyone could see directly into the 1st and 2nd levels. Very uncomfortable, unsafe and no privacy. The free street parking described was nonexistent after 8pm. We had to park blocks away. One morning when we left, a bag with dog poop was left by the front door, assuming from the other tenant living there who has a dog. We love dogs, and have our own, yet this is unacceptable. The entire apartment needs painting and thorough cleaning. There was patch work on several walls. I wiped down everything with Lysol disinfectant wipes, which were blackened by every surface I used them on. Even the king size bed sunk down when I sat on it. I weigh 110 lbs. We couldn't use a different bedroom since there was no AC. One evening, upon our return, we realized someone had been there. Our things were moved, the AC units temperatures were changed and the lights shut off. We left the AC units on low due to the damp, stale, moldy smelling air. We left a couple pendant lights on low because we were afraid to go back in at night in the dark. I tried to contact Ely that night at 9pm. No response till the next afternoon. He said the cleaning person had gone in. But upon seeing my things there, why move them and why touch AC or lights? Why not turn and immediately leave? My things in the main bathroom and on the dresser were moved. This made us very doubtful for our safety. Who had gone through our things? We were there for our daughter's wedding. If I had the money and the time to find somewhere else to stay, I would have turned around and left that first day we checked in. The entire time we were in NY, this was only somewhere used to basically shower (after I cleaned and disinfected the bathrooms) and sleep. I would not cook or heat anything in those old, dirty appliances. The water pressure was not very good either in the bathroom or any of the sinks. If were we not in the chaos of a wedding, and under other circumstances, we would have left immediately. We were one couple, using only 1 bedroom. These are the major issues we had with the apartment and the host's unresponsiveness to serious situations only made the situation more stressful. We would never go back to this apartment or any other hosted by the same person. I do have pictures documenting all of the above. I do not write this review without careful consideration of the facts. I am being as clear as I can, without exaggeration. I do NOT recommend that anyone else stay at this airbnb. We paid a lot of money in advance to stay somewhere we were extremely uncomfortable in while we were there. We did not feel safe and secure. This is a basic right of any traveler.