Steven is a really great host, helpful and available 24h/7. You can call him anytime or just send an e-mail if you need something. Apartment and the building is not available for people from the outside, you need a key to get into the building, that's super safe.

The neighbourhood is not a city center but you have a lot of great restaurants like The Alcove on the same street (great burgers), Starbucks and SoleLuna for the brekfast. There is also the Freshmarket open 24h with fresh fruits and everything you need to prepare your own meal, like the Whole Foods.

As for the transportation it was really great, 4 minutes to the subway station (line 7, station 46st) which goes directly to the Manhattan (it takes around 10 minutes). Apartment location is really, really great if you want to travel a lot by the subway, it worked for us well. We love walking and we did more than 50km around NY. The price for single subway ticket for a week is 31$, it's worth it.

I would recommend this apartment if you want to have a good train connection to Manhattan and don't want overpay to much for the "vintage" loft.