The apartment is a great size, primarily as a ground floor space with bonus basement comprising of an extra living room, bedroom and bathroom. We mostly spent our time in the ground floor area, when we were working during our 10 day stay. We were hard pushed to find a space big enough for 4 of us for such a lengthy stay during October, but this apartment was more than big enough!
The area near the station is quite sketchy at night and had us on higher alert when walking back with all our camera gear. New York can be like this all over, but we did feel it more in this area. It is only about 7 mins walk to the house, however.