Dasha was very welcoming ! She sent us texts before our arrival and even during our stay. When we were at her place, she was very kind. She had some friends coming over but it was still a calm place . It is situated very close to the metro (which is very important when you want to visite NY) but we did not really enjoy the suroundings, maybe we did not have enough time to do so.
The AC was really needed and hopefully it was working very well !