My boyfriend and I stayed at Monika's place for a week during the Holidays. We didn't get to meet Monika, but her friend Tommy, who picked us up at the airport and carried all our luggage upstairs (again, thank you Tommy!), showed us the place and made us feel welcome right from the beginning. The apartment looks exactly like on the photos. The bedroom is small, but definitely not too small. The kitchen, living room and bathroom are spacious and have all emneties you may need to make yourselves comfortable. Except from some dust from the renovation work in the apartment next door, everything was very clean.
The apartment is just a five minutes walk away from the metro station, which brings you to midtown Manhattan (Times Square, 5th Avenue) in about 15 minutes.
All in all, I can definitely recommend staying at Monika's place!