Apartment is clean, pleasant, spacious (for NY), comfortable, and in an amazing location. Easy walk to so many great spots, easy subway, and very pleasant tree lined streets all around. Comfy couch, good shower, lots of storage space.
Two small downsides: the heating makes loud banging/clanging noises at random points in the middle of the night, which woke me up. It stops quickly afterwards but, be warned if you’re not a NY sleeper.
Second, the space is comfortable and pleasant, but it is a garden/half basement apartment- without access to the garden- and it doesn’t get a ton of light- and so it can feel a bit cooped up inside, even if it’s spacious. Even a basic patio chair out front would have gone a long way on a nice day- I ended up strolling up and down the block on phone calls.
James and Stephenie were easy, communicative hosts, and I’d happily stay again.