I booked this place for a friend last minute coming from overseas who had a meeting at the UN and I needed a place closeby. Knowing the pope was going to be around it was going to be impossible to book a hotel under 400/night in Manhattan, so I figured to try airbnb. I've never seen the place nor met Charles, the propreiter, but my friend was very satisfied with the place and it's location and it was within his budget, which was all I could ask for. Thank you Charles, you were very accommodating :-)