Lucien’s place is great. Decorated with modern art and right around the corner from Manhattan subway lines. The neighborhood is also full of five-star restaurants, bars and shops. The apt offers a super authentic NY apt experience — including exposed brick walls and an endearingly jerry-rigged shower situation (the upstairs neighbors’ pipes leak, so instead of dealing with a perpetually rotted ceiling, there’s a mesh panel instead, which allows the pipes to drip into our tub). It’s a small but quaint space and we felt nothing but safe and taken care of while we were there.