410 N Aurora St, # 1, Ithaca, NY 14850

408.1 is a charming 2BR (or 1BR/1study) apartment that is pet-friendly and opens out onto a stone patio and a large fenced yard. The back yard lies within the City of Ithaca historic district and Cascadilla Boulevard is a lovely single-lane roadway paralleling Cascadilla Creek that is used mostly by pedestrians and some cyclists. Two blocks down Cascadilla Boulevard is Gimmie Coffee, a popular meeting place. Restaurants at the east end of the Commons are 2.5 blocks away, about a 6-minute walk. No. 10 bus route stops for the TCAT bus going to the Cornell campus are a few minutes walk from Aurora House. The walk to the central Cornell Campus is about 25-30 minutes. The good weather option through Cascadilla Gorge is about 35 minutes to the Law School and Engineering buildings. The neighborhood is peaceful and quite safe. Fellow tenants are mostly Cornell-affiliated and include post-docs, graduate students, and junior faculty: a fairly quiet, literate lot. Owner pays for water, heat & cooling & WIFI. Tenant pays for electric (about $30/mo) and for trash tags.