Ivanna is super sweet! She was understanding and accomodating when I had an unplanned guest for a night ($5 fee; not terrible and it's New York, so..). She also refrained from judging me when I struggled with the lock she taught me to use just a few hours prior.
The space is a room, not an entire apartment, so you'll have to cross through her personal apartment (same floor, across the hall) to access the kitchen and bathroom. Weird for me but others might be comfortable with it. There is at least one other apartment on the floor, and one night they got pretty loud, but I wasn't bothered.
Plenty of options for food nearby, a few bus lines, and I think the now-defunct 'L' is the closest train. Cute view of the city, too.