The room was really clean, comfortable, and welcoming, and the other people there were really nice. East Harlem isn't the nicest part of Manhattan but once inside the apartment, everything was really comfortable. New York is a really noisy place but the room was in the center of a very large apartment so all the sirens and honking were barely audible from the room. If I needed to visit East Harlem again, I would definitely consider staying here again.