This apartment is a great value for New York. The apartment itself: two bedrooms and a living room/kitchen and one bathroom, has been updated very serviceably. The bathroom is clean and functions well, though it could use a few hooks for towels, etc. The kitchen has been redone and is quite functional but lacks a toaster, pot holders and some other minor tools. The oven works and it has a microwave, but probably wouldn't be best for a lot of cooking. The apartment is a little dark because it's major windows are at the bedroom ends. The bed in the larger bedroom was very comfortable. If, as we do, you sleep with down pillows, you might want to bring your own. The building itself is undergoing some renovation but that wasn't a problem at all. It's an easy walk to the 96th subway stop (the #6 line) and there are buses going south on Lexington. There is some mild train noise from the trains on Park Avenue emerging from the tunnel from Grand Central on their way to Connecticut, etc. We are an older couple, 71 and 66, and felt entirely safe on the streets even when we came home past 11 pm.
Klara and her husband are extremely responsive and pleasant hosts. We would stay again.