The owner is a nice and helpful but the room and the basics were not comfortable to accomodate our family of 4 with one suitcase each for about 1 week. Maybe ideal for max 2 young travellers who do not look for much and stay a couple of nights. The toilet and the shower are two separate rooms about 1m2 each, and they are outside the bedroom.You walk to them through the shared kitchen which is also the pathway of other tennants coming into or leaving the building, you rarely see them but it is like that. They were simply too small and not comfortable. All the engine sound of the street was directly in the room even with all the windows closed. Abt 7-10 min walk to the subway with plenty of bars and restaurants around, deli at the corner . You might think its a bargain and that you don't spend too much time in the room in NY anyway but bottom line, not an ideal place to stay for a family.