We stayed at Melanie's for 9 days and we loved our stay!
We arrived on a super hot day and she welcomed us with fresh cold water and showed us around, giving us tips on how to visit the city and how to get around.
The wall with visible bricks is soooo NYC!
It felt safe, especially having a police station as neighbours!
Perfect location to go to Central Park, only couple blocks away and to visit the UES. Of course to go to other places like Downtown, SoHo and so on you need the subway but it's manhattan so wherever you'll stay you always need to get the transports if you want to get to the other part of the city.
Very clean and tidy!
I absolutely would go back and can recommend this place for people looking for a nice place to stay in Manhattan. And Melanie is really a super host!