The apartment was very functional, comfortable for a family of three. The kitchen was small but had the basic appliances, which allowed us to cook some meals at home. The zone is relatively quiet, and the windows were soundproof. Our main issue was the upstairs’ neighbor who would walk and make noises during the night and it could be very disturbing. The solution we found was to turn on the air conditioning every night so it would muffle the sounds and it worked quite well for us. Also we had some trouble in finding out in which floor our apartment would be. We asked the host but only found out it was in the lobby floor when we got an e-mail with instructions two days before our arrival. One of the reasons we chose this apartment was because the ad said the building had an elevator (which is true but in our case was irrelevant). This apartment faced the street and we had to keep the curtains shut all the time. The apartment and the building were very fresh even in the hottest summer days (and the air conditioning was very potent, most of the times we used only the fan function). We asked for extra towels, comforters, a chair and the host was very efficient and delivered them fast. Another advantage is that the building has its own laundry room. The location was fantastic, a five minute walk to a Subway station (that had also the express line stopping there), a Wholefoods around the block, restaurants very close, less than four blocks to Central Park (a blessing). All in all I would recommend the apartment and host.