My friend and I stayed at Mayra's for 5 nights and have a very mixed review.....

The flat itself is in a great location right in the East Village. Loads of bars/restaurants really close by, great access to public transport and, if you are happy to, easy walking distance to a lot of areas. Mayra's housemate was LOVELY...friendly, helpful and really accommodating.

Unfortunately Mayra had not told him we were staying, so we were lucky he was in when we arrived as the friend who was supposed to let us in was not there. Mayra had another friend who had been staying in the room, so when we arrived her stuff was still in the room. Very confusing! Eventually the friend arrived with the keys, but we were left to change the bed ourselves, the room was a little dirty and it was initially pretty uncomfortable as her roommate did not know we were coming and apparently other bookings had been made without him knowing. Also we were told he would be travelling a lot, he was often away most of the time and we would basically have the apartment to ourselves...not true.

Luckily he was great, made us feel welcome and at home and we had a fantastic stay in New York despite an interesting start. We were out and about a lot so only used the room for sleeping so it was all good; as mentioned, great location...but it felt like the host had not really been that honest with us about the set up before our arrival.