The apartment is exactly as described, just be sure to follow the house rule about taking your shoes off at the door as that's important to the owner. Since it's a basement, it was nice and cool during the very hot and humid weekend that I visited! It is in a residential area, so there's not much around it, but it's only a couple blocks walk to the 2 subway. The neighborhood felt very safe and quiet to me. So it's a good value stay for the area.