The location was excellent for access to Broadway theaters and subway to Brooklyn. Two great grocery stores were near by and loved the bagels at Hudson's right across the street. Ninth Avenue is noisy, but that was expected and ear plugs were brought. Some maintenance required, tile work at the entry to the shower needs gout. The shower control knob needs servicing as to get the right temperature requires some practice and there was a constant drip we could not stop. One window would not stay open and all windows did not have screens. Because heat was on but it was an extremely warm late November, we found a couple windows open when we arrived and continued to leave them open when practical (closed everything on two rainy days). Considering pigeons around, we were surprised that there were no avian visitors with screen-less open windows. Kitchen reasonably supplied and knives were sharp enough. Needs to replace smoke alarm batteries regularly as we bought and replaced it