This is a great apartment:
1) LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!!!!!!!!
ALL major subway lines, Penn Station, Ferry buses, just everything within 5 min walk
Grand Central and Times Sq around 10 min.
2) Apartment is New!. Especially important - the kitchen and bathroom are brand new, beds also.
3) It is very warm in the winter (I haven't been there in the summer) and you can regulate from warm to hot.
4) It is very quiet with closed windows!! No need for earplugs. If you open a window you will get how important that factor is. The 6th Ave/34th str/Broadway/Herald Sq - are NOT quiet at all, but the apartment is.
5) The view! And it is a corner apartment - a lot of light.
6) Classy building/entrance. You see people in the area lurking into their narrow rat-hole-like and 10-80% more expensive hotels, while you are marching into the Herald Towers..
7) Roof terrace! Separate NY experience. Didn' t visit the gym/table tennis, but the roof terrace is just incredible - you have to get there at least two times - in the morning and at sunset!
8) There were all the neccecary bathroom amendities: toothpaste, shampoo etc. All the towels were new
Had great and fast communication with the host Jude.
The apartment is big for the location and NY but it is a one bedroom (one room). So perfect for 1 or a couple or a couple +1-2 kids. There are two queen-sized beds.
Some guests can miss:
- more kitchen-/cooking ware: but can be easily changed, the apartment is new
- decorative elements in the room, to make it more cozy
- TV-set. (but look outside the window - this is a better live TV show!)
Certainly recommended
Just so much more value than a decent hotel in this particular or greater Mid-town area.