A great value in a great location! This airbnb is conveniently located right around the block from the 125th St. subway stop in Harlem, so getting to and from midtown was only a quick 20 min ride. The neighborhood was a great pick for NY. It is located in a quieter residential street lined with beautiful historic brownstones while around the corner there are plenty of dining and shopping opportunities. It is also very close to the 2 & 3 subway so getting around the city was very convenient.
Communicating with our hosts was a pinch, they were very easy to reach and more than happy to help us with any of our needs. When we arrived in NY I simply texted our host and she was awaiting us outside the front door of our airbnb for check-in. Overall, our hosts were very helpful, for example letting us check-in early and allowing us to have a package delivered to the apartment during our stay. And when we had a minor issue with the gas stove, they arrived within minutes of our text.
The apartment is spacious, clean and modern and was the perfect choice for my group of friends and I during our extended weekend stay in NY. The living room and kitchen are large for NY standards, and having your own garden/backyard during the stay was an extremely nice touch. However, one should be aware the second bathroom in the master bedroom is kind of awkward to use because it is literally a shower built right into the bedroom, separated only by a curtain. And with high shower curb and narrow shower space, I mostly ended up using the shower in the one shared bathroom in the apartment located off the living room.
The apartment came with a large living room, fully working kitchen, two bathrooms, wifi, a master bedroom with a queen sized bed, and second bedroom with a twin sized bed on the ground and a queen sized bunkbed located above it. The backyard and garden can be accessed through the master bedroom.
To enter the master bedroom one must go through a door located in the second bedroom, so privacy could be better but I was staying with a group of close friends for a fun weekend so it was not an issue for my group.
Overall our stay in the apartment was much more than I expected and any negatives were far outweighed by the positives of the place. In sum I would definitely recommend this apartment to anyone looking to stay in NY who is looking for a quieter neighborhood or a larger place with a garden and I hope to stay at this place in the future.