There are some distinct pros and cons to this place.
Pros:
The location is in the middle of Manhattan which is great for catching the subway to other parts of the city. You’re only about a 20 minute ride from everything.
There is also good food nearby so breakfast is easy.
The building itself felt safe and we came back after dark multiple times with no problem.
The space is great for 2-4 people who plan on spending most of their time outside their bedroom during their stay.
Cons:
Jake was a very unresponsive and frankly completely unhelpful host. I sent him messages with important questions in them regarding the air bnb and he never responded. I was only able to get a hold of him at the beginning of our stay when the wifi was not working. He told me he would contact the network provider but he never messaged me with a resolution and the wifi didn’t work for the entire 7 days we were there.
Jake also only provided 4 bath towels total (one for each guest) and that was it. No hand towels or dish towels.
The space also smells like cigarettes and perfume. Luckily it was not sweltering hot so we were able to get the smell out (mostly) by opening the window. Otherwise it would have been really unfortunate.
Absolutely no natural light reaches this place because the window is facing 4 walls of other buildings. At noon it will feel like it’s 3 am without the lights on in the room.
The cleanliness was nothing to brag about. The floor had not been adequately cleaned and dust and grime was on it. It was questionable whether the sheets had been washed as well.
Lastly, the pictures of this room shown on the website are misleading and are actually of a different unit. The room we stayed in had no closet and is not shown in this listing. Although it was similar, it is not what is pictured here.