I booked this place(central park apartments) for a month. Check is was independent as I arrived late and had to pick up the keys from a different property nearby. Overall the stay was disappointing.
The good:
Location- a minute to 103st and Central Park
Groceries- a 24hr convenience store right opposite and whole foods a 10 min walk away.
Cleaners- cleaners very polite and change sheets/ clean the studio once a week.
The not so good:
Noise outside- this is the only street and the only property on the street where right at the entrance music is played loud, sometimes as early as 6am and as late as 2am. Constant smoking weed/ cigarettes right at the entrance of the apartment. It felt like the entrance serves as a meeting point for locals to congregate and socialise over loud music and smoke day and night.
Noise inside- there is an old style radiator and a pipe which constantly whistles and makes loud metallic banging noises throughout the day and night. This will wake up even the most deep sleepers. Reported the issue more than three times, nothing was done about it, except the whistle changed just a few days before I left which did not make any difference. I slept less than 4 hours everyday for a month and that too not consistently. There were nights when I didn’t sleep at all.
Too bright: There are no curtains but just malfunctioning blinds covering two windows which don’t really work well, so the moment the sun is up, you are up.
Inaccurate info: I didn’t get the room in the pictures but got another room. It was on the fifth floor so be prepared to treck up daily, I don’t mind this as I’m active. Even being on the fifth floor was so noisy I can’t imagine bow noisy it would be being on one of the lower floors.
Doors: I got locked out of my apartment a few times due to bad door/ lock system. The bathroom door does not close and is jammed so that was a bit awkward a few times.
Communication: Once I checked in, at several times I tried to communicate with the host about different issues I faced on what’s app/ airbnb to no avail. I’ve had to speak to the property manager about this who is available for a few hours.
I wouldn’t stay here again even if I were paid for it. I’m not a very
fussy traveller but this was the worst airbnb experience I’ve ever had.