My wife and I went on a little road trip starting in New York all the way down to Washington, staying at mostly Airbnbs along the way. This was by far the best one we stayed at.

Ephraim's place is a small studio on the second floor and although it might appear as just another room in a shared house, it is actually a self contained living unit with kitchen, shower and everything. It was not only very clean, but also very cozy and very stylishly decorated with vintage movie posters and other artwork. He also had the presence of mind to leave a few bottles of water and soft drinks in the fridge, so we wouldn't have to go and get them ourselves right away. There's also a big TV set and a PS3 which were were free to use. But my personal highlight of the apartment was the bed. I haven't slept that well in weeks. :)

As for the location, it might appear a little seedy at first sight, especially for people that aren't used to living a in a big city, but it's actually a quiet and nice neighborhood, which you'll get to see for yourself, once you take a small walk... which by the way, you probably won't because the metro station is literally just 2 blocks away which is awfully convenient. The only "But" here is that it can take up to 30 minutes to get to downtown Manhatten by metro. However, we also had the bad luck of being there at a time when there was construction going on on some of the metro lines.

Ephrahim himself was a great host. We didn't have that much contact, because we weren't really lacking for anything, and he seemed to be having a lot of other things going on at that very time, but the few times we actually did call on him, he was available immediately and solved our issues.

All in all definitely 5 stars and we'd totally stay there again when coming back to NY.