The hosts live downstairs so it was an easy checkin. They respond to queries pretty fast as well. The place is an old building though. There was no central heat and air. No air conditioning neither. Wrong advertisment i might say. They provide 1 fan and 1 small room heater for a 2 bedroom apartment. During our stay it was uncharacteristically hot for a winter in NY and we had to open the window just to sleep comfortably. The down side was you can hear everything from the street....sirens, cars, people talking. Sleeping wise, we had more than enough befs for a party of 7. The place needs a little bit of cleaning though. The bathroom alone is very dusty. You can see dusts in the bath tub. And of course, listings are always prettier in pictures and this place wasn't an exemption. We didn't use the subway so I wouldn't know how far it really is but it looks to me like it's several blocks away.