Diego's apartment was great for me and my girlfriend's three night stay. The location is great: the subway that goes down the east side of Manhattan is about a 5 min walk away (500 m), the subway that goes down the west side of Manhattan is about a 10 min walk away (1 km), and Central Park is just under 15 min away! The area has a few good bars, especially Lion Lion - a relatively new cocktail bar just opposite Diego's place with a great bartender that made us some great drinks. There are lots of choices for food, especially some good Mexican places and several grocery shops.
The apartment itself is really cool and unique, although it is indeed up a couple of flights of stairs, which may not be suitable for some people that would have trouble going up stairs with heavy bags, but this was not an issue for us. There was loads and loads of space for a couple with a large separate bedroom and a decent kitchen, breakfast bar, dining table, good sofa. It's kind of a shame we didn't spend much time in the flat at all cos there is a ton of cool stuff and things Diego has collected throughout his life. I only wish we brought him some stickers or Lego from London! The kitchen appeared to have everything you would want to cook in the flat, but I don't think there was laundry available inside the flat - although we didn't ask Diego about this because we didn't plan on using it - perhaps there is! The flat was relatively warm compared to our two other NYC AirBnBs but the AC in the bedroom works well and keeps the bedroom nice and cool. Diego has lots of very useful and unobtrusive labels everywhere, which is really helpful for finding things!
Finally, Diego was a fantastic host, the check-in was perfect as the keys were in a locked key box attached to the apartment door, he was always contactable and we even saw him by chance one of the days and had a chat. He's a really friendly guy and answered all our questions. We also actually accidentally packed his AC remote (which we didn't even use?!) and brought it back to London with us without knowing but he was really, really cool about it (and we've posted it back of course). In summary, great flat, great location, great guy!
Thanks Diego for this stay in your amazing flat!