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Coal Yard Apartments, located at 143 Maple Avenue in upper Collegetown
are our premium apartments. These distinctive accommodations are
intended for graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, faculty, other
professionals and “empty nesters” -- those who appreciate the
highest quality and energy efficient accommodations that are located close
to the Cornell University campus.
Click to View Available Units in Bldg. 2
There are two residential structures: Building #2 was first occupied in
2007. Building #3 will be occupied in 2012. Features of the two will be
described separately following the general comments that pertain to both.
We provide showings by appointment. Please call 607 273-5929 to arrange
a convenient time. We give our current residents a day’s notice before
showing their apartments, so please call at least a day before your
preferred time. We generally respond to brief e-mailed questions (
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within a day or so. More complicated questions are best handled by
telephone.
General Features of the Coal Yard Apartments
Location of Coal Yard Apartments
- Coal Yard Apartments are located just off Maple Avenue in a quiet section
of the upper Collegetown area of the City of Ithaca. Coal Yard Apartments
offer premium accommodations for in one- two- and three-bedroom
apartments. The apartments are located across the street from the former
East Ithaca Lehigh Valley railroad depot, where many earlier Cornell
students, Faculty and visitors first alighted in Ithaca. At present,
Cornell’s CIT headquarters are situated across the street. It’s a pleasant
5-10 minute level walk to the Cornell University campus. The Engineering
Quad, Johnson School, Law School, Hotel School, Ag Quad, Biotechnology and New Life
Sciences Buildings are in close proximity. T-CAT buses stop at the
driveway providing public transportation to the campus, downtown Ithaca
and several nearby shopping malls and plazas.
- Coal Yard Apartments were built on the site of the former Perry Coal Yard,
an East Hill establishment that provided coal for residents of Ithaca for
years.
"Coal Shack Café,"
which offers coffee, baked goods and luncheon
fare, now occupies the former office and weighing room of the coal yard.
The truck scales to the east of the building had to be removed to provide
sufficient space for the 2-lane driveway. However the classic brass
balance beams (20-ton capacity!) are evident in the shop. In developing
the site for Coal Yard Apartments, remnants of a buried railroad bed and a
roundtable turnaround for locomotives had to be removed.
The design of Building #2 forms a connection to the railroad past of
the Coal Yard property. Tracks traversed the site, which also included a
locomotive turntable. The former East Ithaca railway terminal building
had been located just across Maple Avenue. It was moved about one-half
mile east and is now the site of a restaurant on Pine Tree Road. It
inspired Ithaca Architect George Breuhaus in the design of Building #2.
One cannot miss the broad roof overhangs and the substantial colorful
brackets that are reminiscent of the former terminal.
The present "Coal Shack Café"
is located along Maple Avenue at the entrance to the Coal Yard. It is
housed in the original coal office of the
Perry Coal Company
that had served Ithaca residents with coal for domestic heating for many
years. The original sign was painstakingly restored for us by V.
Romanoff & Associates, restoration specialists; it presently hangs on
the outside east wall of the Café. A new wing was added to the Coal
Office building to provide a cozy dining room; it was designed and built
to harmonize with the original coal office.
Please Note
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Leases generally begin in June, July or August and occasionally
at other times. Leases are for 12 months or more. Many residents of the Coal
Yard Apartments reside there for more than one year.
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A plain-language lease, satisfactory references and security
deposits are required.
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Rents include heat, cooking gas and water. All apartments
include use of one assigned outdoor parking space per bedroom for use of tenants
only. Tenants are responsible for electricity, and if desired through local
utility suppliers: telephone, cable TV and/or High-Speed Internet.
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The stated rents are for the apartments provided unfurnished,
except for the appliances as noted. Apartments could be minimally furnished for
an additional $120 per month for studio and one-bedroom apartments. Two-bedroom
apartments could be available furnished for an additional $170 per month.
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Furniture to be supplied includes for each person: one double
bed, desk, desk chair, bookcase and dresser. For the common space, furniture
will include a sofa, soft chair, carpet, dining table and chairs, lamps and
occasional tables.
Building #2
There are a total of 10 apartments in the Coal Yard Apartment Building #2:
four 2-bedrooms, five 1-bedrooms and one studio. (Those numbered 1 through
5 are on the lower level; those numbered 6 through 10 are on the upper
level.) For more details see: Floor Plans and Pictures. Rental rates are
listed under the links.
Apt #1, (490 square feet), Studio
click to see schematic drawing in pdf
Rented for 2012- 2013
1-bedroom Type A (610 square feet), Apt #2, Apt #3 and Apt #7 -
click to see schematic drawing in pdf
Available for 2012-2013. Rent $1,350 per month
1 bedroom Type B (610 square feet), Apt #6
(Rented for 2012- 2013) and Apt #8
(Rented for 2012- 2013)
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click to see schematic drawing in pdf
2 bedroom Type A (861 square feet), Apt #5
(Rented for 2012- 2013)
and Apt #10
(Rented for 2012- 2013)
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click to see schematic drawing in pdf
2 bedroom Type B (830 square feet). Apt #4
(Rented for 2012- 2013)
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click to see schematic drawing in pdf
and Type C (830 square feet), Apt #9 -
click to see schematic drawing in pdf
Available for 2012-2013. Rent $1,700 per month
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