Great location - NYC. Penn Station subway/train and Hudson Yards Subway is five minute walk. 20 minute walk to Time Square. We walked a lot in the area and never felt unsafe. Lots of restaurants and small markets in the area.
Accommodation - Check in and out is super easy, parking lot available on the same block. 4 flights of stairs to get to apartment. Place has 4 bedrooms with clean comfortable double/full beds with clean sheets and towels provided. Plenty of space for luggage and clothes. There is no common area/living room for hanging out and no TV. There is a small kitchen area that has a hot plate, microwave, full size fridge/freezer, electric kettle, and a sink - no coffee maker or toaster. Minimal amount of utensils plates and glassware for all of us and one frying pan for the hot plate, but was more than enough to cook breakfast for two adults and three kids. The rest of the meals we ate out in the neighborhood - awesome pizza place and deli right across the street which the kids really enjoyed. Of the 4 bedrooms only one did not have an AC unit which really made that room unusable in the summer heat. It had a fan and if you left the window open you got a lot of traffic noise (building is on the route for the Lincoln tunnel and there is a police station a block away). We identified this shortfall to the owner. Everything in the bathroom worked fine. Wireless was strong and all electronics connected easily.
The listing states not suitable for children, however, we had a 7, 10 and 11 year old there and they were fine. Each have there own tablet and it connected to the wireless so no one missed the TV, plus we pretty much only slept in the apartment.
Building is old and as others have stated really needs a re-model. It was definitely clean enough and everything was serviceable. If you are expecting high end hotel accommodations this is not the place for you.
For the space we had and the price we paid this is an awesome deal. Two hotel rooms to accommodate our family would have been double the price. Add in the great location and the ability to make meals when you need to and this place is a home run for a family visiting Manhattan. At this price point it gets five stars in all categories except a four in cleanliness as we had to re-wash most of the dishes before using them. Will rent it again on our next Manhattan trip.