We enjoyed our stay, the apartment was clean enough, the neighborhood seemed safe and we were not bothered by anyone even when arriving home late at night. There were always people around since it is a fairly busy street so no dark alleys or anything :-) I would recommend getting off at 145th street and walking up to 152nd since this route is better lit than going up too far and coming back down to 152nd. The host was very open to us contacting him if we needed anything but also gave us our space. The room has a nice tv with cable, though we never used it, and a wall air conditioning unit. It is also facing a courtyard so really quiet on weeknights. It is pretty far north of most activities you might want to do in New York so that is the only drawback, but on a subway line so not a big deal.