Noise. Before a detailed description of the unit, let me start by saying there are 2 bedrooms facing Avenue A, and 1 interior BR. We visited Thursday to Sunday in early November, so the window A/C units were stored in the closet (unfortunately). The windows have a bit of age and do not seal very well and so do a poor job of keeping out the noise. And Avenue A is lively and loud. I mean very loud. I don’t know if every weekend was like the one we experienced, but the noise level was to the point that 1 in our party – a medium sleeper – could not sleep at all in the room and had to move to the sofa (and close the door to the room). The teenager in the other Ave. A room braved the noise and slept with airpod pros. I think the party-going (and guy posted out front in his car blaring his stereo and waving flags) abated around 2am, but then there were intermittent car races and ambulances. I guess if we had been out partying, and returned in the wee hours of the morning, it might have been a different experience, but trying to retire around 11pm did not work out for us. The early mornings (we wake around 5am) did seem fairly quiet.
General. Check-in was typical lock box. The lock-box was jammed but thankfully host had placed a 2nd lock-box. Unit is on 2nd floor. Building is fairly aged but the elevator was working if needed. The buzzer worked as well for deliveries. Walking into the unit, there is a small hallway with kitchenette on the left. The small kitchen had spacious refrigerator, oven, stovetop, microwave and pots and pans. We didn't cook or make coffee. I think the listing said there was a washer and dryer, but there is no washer/ dryer in the unit. The only food item I saw in kitchen was salt. And there is no counter seating – there is a rectangular dining table pushed up against the counter. We didn’t cook, but the table seats 2 as is and could be dragged into middle of LR to seat 4. The bathroom is accessed through the kitchen. The water pressure was solid, and water was hot. The living room had a large sofa, fairly comfortable. The wood floor appeared to be original and was very creaky. The bedroom to the immediate left does not face Avenue A, so one party member slept just fine with a noise machine. In this room it seems there is a king bed frame with a queen mattress on top of it. There were no complaints about the mattresses or linens. One of the bedrooms had no outlets next to bed and the overhead light was not working but there was an extension cord we used for a lamp. I would have given this place a 5 star review across the board, primarily on value, except for the outside noise (and upstairs neighbor stomping around).