I stayed 3 nights with Neida and had no complaints whatsoever. This is Neida's residence and is a typical older building/renovated modern NYC apt with 3 small bedrooms. She uses one and rents out 1, sometimes 2. My room was about 10x10, clean and spare. I had no issue with noise from inside or outside the apt. The shower is very good - stall, no tub. Neida was friendly and personable and also left me alone. It's 5-7 blocks to a local stop on the Broadway subway line and about 5 blocks to a local stop on the 8th Ave line. There is a bus much closer that will take you down the West Side and another that goes down the East Side but they take about an hour to Midtown. Sugar Hill is now a typical West Side neighborhood, i.e., no street issues.