the apartment is as advertised in an excellent location with some of New Yorks best restaurants literally across the street or around the corner. The apartment was clean and conveniently furnished. The entrance/hallways/stairs were typical of an old building. It's actually 4 flights of stairs (ground floor to "3rd"), and stairs are quite vertical so tried to minimize the number of times we went out. Otherwise is exactly as described, and not a bad price for New York. The only other issue: the host communicated in Spanish, which was ok for me as I know a little, but would have been a problem if not.