Me and my wife stayed in Gila's flat almost a week. It was our first AIRBND experience and it was very positive.
Gila is easy to communicate landlady and during our stay we had no any troubles - even she was out of the city=) She delegate her friend to help us and we had no any troubles and lack of help during the stay,
Her apartment is well located (main NY subway lines are just 5 min walk) and very nice to stay. We found there free Internet, great double bed and lot of clean and fresh towels. Folks from Russia - be ready that NY flats is not so big=) This flat is great for two (three is a max).
Nightlife in this territory is very rich - a lot of cafes, art galleries and nice restaurants. From the other hand we had no troubles with noise during the night (just subway on the bridge but is was not strong).
So if you need place to sleep for affordable price - it is what you need.