I would give this zero stars if it were possible. I also wish I could understand where these recent positive reviews came from, because there is no way they are accurate.
To begin, once we arrived you are immediately smacked with an intense smell of cigarette smoke. It literally smells like someone has been smoking a pack a day in the living room for the past 6 years. It was overwhelming and at that point I had begun questioning if we could stay here. Then, the 2nd bedroom was locked. After communicating with the host, I told him that I would need to leave to meet up with family and if he could unlock the bedroom door (weird that it was locked in the first place). He sent me a text telling me the key was in the "original place" by the downstairs entrance... I was never made aware that the 2nd bedroom needed a key, let alone it being by the downstairs entrance. I told him I had left already and he stated he opened the door for me. In total I was in the apartment for about 30 mins.
I returned to the apartment around 9:30pm to find that the door was NOT unlocked, but the key was on the table. Why tell me it was unlocked when it wasn't?
I opened the 2nd bedroom and there was a huge fist sized hole in the closet. Red flag number 3.
I then looked up and saw a roach on the wall with a shoe print (as if someone smacked it). I thought to myself this isn't good. I started to look around further and noticed possibly food or feces on the walls in the living room. There is also a mini-fridge ONLY.
I sat on the couch to begin to make a call and noticed there was no cable. Okay... not a big deal but, they should probably state that.
That is when I saw 3 roaches ALIVE walking across the floor. I don't know what number red flag i'm up to, but this was enough. I would not be able to sleep with LIVE roaches wondering around. We lifted up our mask in the master bedroom and another roach went running from it.
I was on the phone from 10:30pm until 1:30am on the phone with AirBnb trying to get a refund because I could NOT sleep there. Enough was enough.
At 2:30am I was literally walking into a hotel in Manhattan after being up since 5am from travel. This place was horrible. Save yourself the time, the money, and the headache and book someone else.
I really have NO idea where these other reviews came from but they are NOT correct. I had lived in Brooklyn most of my life so I am VERY used to apartment living but this was PURE filth. I have pictures that document all of this.
0/10 WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.