Easily the worst air bnb I've ever stayed in.
For New York and "cheap" places the neighborhood is fine, a little scary at first but it's fine.
The actual place however was not fine.
So first of all, Jasmine didn't understand what I was saying on the phone and I couldn't understand what she was saying either when I was trying to check in.. I understand there can be a language barrier but I was asking her basic questions which I would answer and she would ask them again.. even my Uber driver had a puzzled face.. anyways..
We got there and payed for the early check in which she was late for, we got there and she was barely changing the old sheets and "cleaning" the room before we came in, we sat on a chair while we waited in the hot room
Then she gave us a tour of the place and gave us 3 keys which was totally fine cause I like the extra security
Then I noticed that other guests wouldn't lock the doors she clearly told us to lock, when I would get home at night some of the days they were opened and as a woman, obviously this is scary
Our room was not very clean when we got there, we had to buy Clorox wipes and I actually wiped one of the shelves she had and it was DIRTY, the floor wasn't swept, the bed was hard as a rock, the blanket on the big bed smelled.. why am I paying a cleaning fee if there seams to be no one who cleans??
And don't even get me started on the bathroom!! It stank!! It wasn't even a pee smell, it was just a dirty old towel smell if that even makes sense. There were old towels and sponges hanging, the plastic curtain in the shower has mold on it and the tub is just.. ugh.. the hand soap was also pure water
We left our Clorox wipes in the bathroom to not have to be carrying them around each time we went and I don't know if it was jasmine or another guest but they took them so we had to buy more
And overall we had a pretty bad experience, mainly because we just didn't feel we were in a clean place, especially with the monkey pox going around right now.. there should be more safety regulations.
My friend and I spent one week at the place and never got used to the bad smell or anything
Take my advice and pay the extra 150-200 dollars for a better place if you're staying for a week in New York.