First time family trip to NYC and this place worked out well. being just a block away from the subway was fantastic!! 45-55 minute ride into the city or even better, take the ferry for awesome city skyline views. the neighborhood is nice and we felt very safe, even walking from the subway station really really late at night at times. The place it's self was great and had everything we needed for a group of 5. It could use some updating but the beds were comfortable, everything was clean, and it was really really nice having a larger place. no way you could ever find a place of this size and quality anywhere in or around Manhattanfor the price so for us, it was well worth being a little further away especially since the walk to the subway is so close.