This is a great price for something only 30 minutes from Manhattan by subway. The reason the price is so great is that the neighborhood is quite shady. Julie is super nice and has really equipped all the rooms thoughtfully and in a practical fashion. Even though the room is very small, it is very convenient to live in due to Julie's thoughtful layout. All the rooms have a custom AC that you can turn on and off as you please.
The biggest issue with this room is noise. There's a paper thin door between this room and the next room and you can hear everything that happens in the next room (and they can hear everything you do) as if there was only a curtain between the rooms. The neighborhood is loud in general, people rev up their motorcycles in the morning, during the day, at night; people drive through the street slowly with thumping bass that's so loud that car alarms go off; the downstairs neighbors have a couple of kids that can be extremely loud and sometimes make an incredible amount of noise in the hallway in the middle of the night (midnight-2am). Definitely bring earplugs. I spent a good amount of time in this room on noise canceling headphones (during the day) or earplugs (during the night).
The door to the room can be locked but the lock is unbelievably flimsy. I think anyone who has any serious intention of getting into this room can get in easily, no matter if it's locked or not. The front door to the building often stays unlocked because people in the building do not lock it.
If you can handle the above, you'll get a great stay and an incredibly thoughtful and responsive host within 30 minutes from Manhattan at an unbeatable price.