I stayed in this cozy room 2 flights up the stairs for 3.5 weeks in March. All-in-all my stay in this historical house was so great that I already booked it for my next two NYC visits. It definitively is the best bang-for-the-buck ever!
Here are some comments possibly useful for other travellers, particularly those not from the US :)
* ROOM: The room is on the top floor towards the back. From my experience the most quiet room in the whole house. There is street noise like everywhere in NYC, but up there, it is much less across the rooftops. Anyway, bring earplugs if you are not used to NYC (like me). It can get cold in the winter, but there is a heater in the room and an extra blanket, so it was always warm enough even for sitting working online. During my stay I was working a lot at a desk which the Landlord had put into the room for my stay - this was great!
* INTERNET: generally the internet is great! Good speed and stable connection, so several guests had online meetings throughout the day. During the 3rd week there were some hick-ups, but this was sorted out immediately by the Landlord - a big star for this! I felt confident performing my online work from here.
* KITCHEN: well organised, has most things needed even for cooking and all surfaces and the fridge are clean. During my long stay I have cooked several times here, and it works without problem. (Just remember to keep the door closed and the windows open if you are making fumes hahaha).
The NYC water is said to be some of the best in the US and is completely safe, however for a Scandinavian it still tastes chlorine, so be mentally prepared for this wherever you go in NYC.
* SHOWERS: The shower (with WC) just outside the door was busy only twice during my whole stay here (6-9 AM time period). And then the shower downstairs was available. During the day there is always one available. There are so many WCs in this house that there is always one available. The shower water pressure is OK also for long hair, and the water is really hot - all great there!
* LOCATION: ca 8 min walk to the Q-train (Beverley Rd station), with easy commute to Manhattan.
The neighbourhood through which you walk to the Q station is superbly cute, well kept with all its wooden villas. Coney Island Ave (a more practical than beautiful/clean street) is around the corner with restaurants, food, laundromats etc, and Church Ave offers similar things in about 10 min walk. All things needed were around here. And, both Amazon and other companies deliver to this address without any issues.
Note: there is a porch up front, which on warm days is quite lovely to sit on.
* COMMUNICATION: This is a FANTASTIC Landlord. She is flexible, replies really quickly, and knows a lot about the neighbourhood and generally where to find things or resolve various issues in daily life, recommend grocery stores, restaurants etc. When I suddenly had to extend my visit, she provided advice asap and I booked another room in the house that was available.
* EVENTS: while I was there, a couple of events took place on the weekend on the ground level of the house. I didn’t notice much upstairs apart from music which came in the window mainly. Anyway it was weekend and the event stopped around 11-12 PM. There are no parties (or guests from those downstairs) going on where the AirBnB rooms are on the first and second level of the house.
* ALLERGIC to PERFUME? For you out there that have allergies to some perfumes/ scents, here is my experience: The bedsheets had washing detergent perfume lingering, but after 1 visit to the laundromat to wash the sheets (with perfume free detergent) , the smell was gone from bed linen and towels. There are several laundromats around the neighbourhood where you can drop off and come back for pick-up, and some of them have fragrance free detergents available to purchase (or you get some from a store). The pillow had picked up some fragrance, so I got a 4 USD pillow from Target and then all was splendid.
The US garbage bags also have a scent, so check the one if your room if you still sneeze (most people do not notice this).
There are no other perfumes/scents in the house, apart from the lovely traditional scent of old wooden house :-).
As we all know, this type of thing is something no Landlord can prepare for, while it is easily solved on your own, so this is a heads-up for those with perfume allergy, that this is easily solved here particularly for longer stays!
I REALLY RECOMMEND THIS AIRBNB !