I entered this Airbnb apartment with some fear of mouse problem as mentioned by previous guest Blerina. Absolute RUBBISH! Rodents and pests come when you leave food out or keep a filthy living space. Nearly 2 months stay and not a creature was stirring...
My wife and I enjoyed the heck out of this place! The location is incredible for long term tourists. 4 blocks from 34th St. Path and subway station, blocks away in all directions from Whole Foods, Fairway Supermarket, Penn Station, Trader Joe's (bit further) and all manner of food, particularly if you're into overpriced Korean in Koreatown. The location is even more perfect because you can easily walk up to central park or way down to lower Manhattan since you're essentially smack in the middle of the meaty part of Manhattan! End of the block you have the 1 line that takes you anyway from top to bottom of Manhattan. Honestly, it's incredible to walk out in the morning and have the fresh smell of flowers hit you since you're in the middle of the flower district.
After we did most of our tourist bits, we settled into a life of lounging at the nearby parks. The apartment is a stone's throw from Madison Square park with its notable lack of riffraff or Hudson River park for sunsets every night!!! When did Manhattan become this livable???
There are some negatives of course. You're basically in mid-town across from an active construction site (hopefully finishing soon) and a flower market that sets up early. If you know Manhattan, you should be ready for noise regardless so bring earplugs. If noise bothers you, perhaps you should remain in rural Kansas since noise is par for the course here. Honestly, with pandemic, there was far less construction and jackhammering all throughout Manhattan than I'm used to (I grew up in NJ occasionally making forays into the city as a bridge and tunneller). YMMV post-pandemic.
The other issue was the occasional immature, rude apartment co-dweller that stomped up and down the steps without awareness that she should use an indoor voice at times past 10pm. Isaac was quickly on top of it whenever I or others messaged him and pinpointed the source of the noise. The offenders usually didn't know noise traveled so well in the hallways and the problems were quickly resolved.
I absolutely recommend this place for staying but be prepared for mid-town honking and occasional FDNY sirens.
Oh, and we loved the soft beds and pillows but you might not if you prefer hard mattresses.