We stayed really well in Simone's apartment. It was a really new york experience.. East village is a very nice quarter and close to everything and Simone's apartment is close to 2 metro stops very useful to go both downtown and uptown.
Close to apartmente are lots of cheap and good restaurants, shops, supermarkets and nice shops. Simone was a god host even though we couldn,t meet him, but it was easy to have the keyes and all the informations we needed. The flat is also very quiete, you sleep all night long without noise.
Thank you and hope to come back.