I stayed with a friend while we were working in midtown for the summer. The location was the best part of this apartment, only a couple blocks away from grand central station which has quick access to anywhere in NYC. The apartment was as described in the photos, notably there is AC in both room’s windows that works well and is a blessing in the summer! The kitchen is small but great for cooking, we used the stove often and had no problems. The location felt very safe and the beds were comfortable.
The primary drawback was that there is no laundry in the building, which is relatively common for nyc. But, for our 8 week booking the cleaning fee was significant and there was no change of bedding or towels, which would have been nice to include especially due to absence of laundry. I would have given the stay all five stars if the cleaning service reflected what we paid in the fee. The WiFi was also often too slow to do work online or even stream a TV show, but this wasn’t a problem typically since we were working in the office. Lastly, we did not receive check-in info or any communication until less than 24 hours before check-in, which was reasonably stressful since VRBO said we should receive communication at the latest within 72 hours.
However, overall the apartment worked great for a summer in NYC and I would reccomend others stay with the heads up on laundry, wifi, and check-in.