My self and my daughter have just got home from a 4 night break in New York. We stayed at Dena's it was easy to find and the security guy was expecting us with a note and key from Dena. All instructions were very clear to follow and we were soon in, connected to wifi (very important!) and settled in with the cats making us feel very welcome laying all over our things on the bed enjoying a fuss. The room is comfortable enough for what we needed, we met Vanessa first (Dena's lodger) she is lovely. We didn't feel like that we couldn't enjoy the lounge area but at the end of each day upon arriving back we were so tired we crashed on the bed and was asleep by 9pm each night. (The joys of jet lag, we are from England) We did meet Dena one morning and had a nice chat with her. Myself and my daughter felt very welcome during our stay. The area itself is ok, we didn't feel vulnerable walking down the street, its about a mile to the North end of Central Park and about a 5 minute walk to the nearest subway, 125th St. We did a lot of walking in our short stay, the first day we walked to the North end of Central Park and then walked the whole length of it, about 4 miles. Definitely worth doing, its very lovely, being from the country the green surroundings were a welcome sight. There are times you don't even realise you are in the centre of a big city. Even though I am a country girl I know how to handle the city. I love the architecture, there are so many buildings, look up as walking around if not you will miss so much. We were amazed at how much free wifi there is everywhere which was really helpful when trying to work out locations etc. The UK really has no free wifi, even in London nothing like in the US. We checked out lots of the classic sight see'ers locations, Central Park, Times Square, Empire State, Rockerfella, Grand Central Station, 5th Avenue, 9/11 Memorial etc etc. If you are a fan of walking most things can be walked to once Downtown after a short subway trip from 125th St near Dena's. We visited the Statue of Liberty which we pre-booked to include a trip up to her Crown, this needs to be booked in advance, we booked in January for our May trip. We overheard that there weren't any free spaces to visit the crown until September now. They only allow a certain amount of visitors per day. It's well worth doing, its a small space to stand in and a walk up a very small spiral stair case, the views aren't amazing, its the experience of being in her crown that's the great thing, when you are standing back down on the ground looking up at her it seems...