Charming 3-bedroom apartment in brilliant New York with WiFi, AC

Great location! Hosts have clear check in and departure instructions. Trains are close by for easy travel in NYC. Perfect for us and our 3 young adult kids.

The apartment itself was conveniently located in NYC, a stone’s throw from Empire State Bldg. Smallish rooms, simple but cute. Window ACs. Main problem was apt is on 5th floor and building elevator was not working when we checked in, and only worked about half the time while we were there. Thanks to Allan - prop mgr - who helped with bags on check-in, and did his best to assist. Apartment owner was not helpful and declined to negotiate reduced price.

First of all, I would definitely stay here again. The apartment is cute and spacious (for NYC!). Three rooms were great and hard to find and the living room was nice for hanging out together. We came during a hot week in April so the air conditioners in the rooms were not installed yet. It would have been nice to have screens in the windows so we open the windows but some were missing. It’s NYC so I didn’t want to sleep with the window wide open. We did find fans for each room which helped. The kitchen air conditioner was in and cooled the shared space. We tried to use the front loader washing machine but it’s gasket was mildewed and made the clothes smell mildewed. The towels also smelled that way. We were told there were extras in the closet and they were slightly better. The washer needs a good cleaning and probably a new gasket. Lastly the elevator never worked so we walked 5 flights every day. This did not bother us but may be an issue for others. The first day Allan the rental assistant carried our bags which was kind of him. The place was well stocked in case you want to do some cooking but why with so many great places to go?The building is historic (look it up) and a cool find. It’s location is handy to shows, museums, lots of restaurants and great coffee shops. I hope to return!

Apartment was clean (except that the bottom of the shower curtain was dirty). Address given to guests on website was not the correct address which I believe was done so that no one could look at the building prior to reserving. The entrance way into the building was dirty contained three garage cans which had foul odors and the hallway on the fifth floor contained debris.