My fiancé and I stayed 3 nights at Rachel´s place. Check-In was a little bit difficult as we had no American Sim-card at that point and Rachel lives in a complex which is surrounded by a fence. You have to send her a text or call her and she comes downstairs and opens the door for you. Afterwards you will get a key. We were lucky that we entered with neighbors. Otherwise the stay was nice. Rachel is fun to talk. During our stay her children (11 & 8) stayed over too and they are nice kids. Room has two single beds and it can be a little bit noisy from outside but it´s NYC, right? Surrounding is nice and safe. The metro station is just a few blocks away and brings you in a about 20 min Downtown Manhattan but there is also a bus just in front of the areal that brings you along the 5th Avenue next to Central Park to the center. As the price is really good we recommend staying at Rachel´s place.