The location is very good, no doubt. The hosts are very nice. The building itself is not the most attractive example of NY architecture, but the apartment has a character indeed, is very spacious, a lot bigger than the photos. I would add decent storage place in the bedrooms, as it is difficult to find place for clothes and stuff, would improve overall cleaning. One bedroom overlooking the Canal street is pretty noisy, so we put our 10 year old kids there and hoped that the rest of us would be fine. The rest 2 bedrooms were supposed to be quiet, but alas.. first 2 nights neighbors from downstairs had a lot of fun at the terrace, with loud music, guests etc. On the second sleepless night we asked them to turn down the music as we were trying to sleep and suffering the jet lag, but we told "we live here, it is Friday night and you should have stayed in the hotel in that case".. Told the landlord, Kira was very sympathetic and helpful, talked to people downstairs and last 2 nights were very peaceful.. So the overall value for money of the place could be better.