Here’s the thing… if you are not staying out late or will be using cab/Uber then it’s fine. It’s a dangerous location after dark so if you’ll be using the subway/walking after dark then it’s a NO.
All the furniture is literally falling apart!!! It’s very hot at night, the AC does not work, there’s no place to put your suitcase, and the bathroom was not very clean.
It was me, my husband, and my mom… we made it work, but we paid about $800 and just with that money the host could replace his falling apart ikea furniture.
The apt gets you quick access to a bunch of stuff and since I’ve lived in NY before moving south staying in town helped get faster access to the touristy places.
Sadly the host blamed us for scratching his dishwasher which was SO ABSURD to me to even hear that!!
I’ve never had that kind of issue and was astounded, but I’ve told him I refuse to own responsibility of something I’ve not done, so many things wrong with the place but we did not complain to him.