Gretchen place is excellent. Everything was as described. You will have everything in hands from getting up until you go to bed. Gretchen greeted warmly and gave us pieces of advice for transportation, shopping, and etc, regardless day or night. The apartment is well maintained, perfectly cleaned, fully furnished with everything you need from bedding, kitchen, entertainment, a full jar of coffee ground provided, etc. You definitely feel like your home, even better. You probably hear minor noise from upstairs for few seconds but it doesn't affect you any bit. You also need to walk 5-10min to two nearest stations which directly take you to CBD. You must stay here if you visit NYC.