I wanna start by saying thank you to Richard for allowing me to book this airbnb on short notice and being accomodating. The location of this airbnb was perfect and ideal for getting around NYC. It was a 5 minute walk to the subway and other restaurants/shops in the area. However, there was a very large roach in the shower and a tick on the shower curtain... Richard was very apologetic about this and even offered a complimentary night for a future stay. I hope to think the tick is from a dog staying in the airbnb (since pets are allowed), rather than uncleanliness. We were staying in the airbnb in december, and it is new york city so we understood there was going to be insects and such. Another concern was the neighbors upstairs being extremely loud. It sounded like a herd of elephants were above us and we could hear every one of their conversations through the thin walls. There were a few other things that concerned us but overall i give it an 8/10.