This was my second time staying with my host Grace and for good reason.
Her place is clean, comfortable and she
has very organized materials to provide tourist info re the city. The location in Manhattan, Inwood, is a few minutes walk through a quiet residential neighborhood to the A subway line, an express train that can whisk you from 207th St to 59th St Columbus Circle and Central Park in about 22 minutes.
So at Grace’s you have a great place to stay, away from the noise of downtown but dotted with great cafes and places to eat but with the Big Apple of NYC convenient to enjoy.