Corning is a great place to live and raise a family - just dont do it in the Gaffer District.
The Gaffer District is constantly looking for ways to attract tenants for high end apartments on Market Street. Second floor living on Market Street is heavily marketed, with all sorts of incentives provided to developers, and the living spaces are nice, but the environment is absolutely horrible.
The trouble is that despite all of their marketing towards residential tenants and owners, the City of Corning and the Gaffer District still consider Market Street a "Business District". What this means is that at least a couple times a week there are public works crews on the street cutting down trees, fixing stop signs, hanging banners up for the next business event etc. Normally this wouldn't be a bad thing - until you find out that all of this work is done after midnight. The public works department works in residential neighborhoods during the day - and in business districts during the evening.
You only have to be awakened once at 1am by the sound of large diesel trucks backing up (complete with the BEEP, BEEP, BEEP) or by chainsaws trimming trees, to realize that you have made a mistake in moving here.
If you want to work in the Gaffer District - Great - but if you want to live in Corning, do yourself a favor and move away from the Gaffer district.
I only wish I had spoken to other tenants before signing my lease. Once my lease is expired I will be moving to an area that the city considers "residential" so I can finally have a night with uninterupted sleep.
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I recently spoke with someone who rented a place on Bridge Street in Corning, NY - also in the Gaffer District. They have a different issue. They don't have too many DPW trucks that they've noticed, but they do have a strip club on that street, and there is all sorts of noise and commotion going on there until early in the morning.
ReplyDeleteThe City of Corning should pass a zoning law so that landlords cannot rent residential apartments in this business zone - or the City should look to help residents and tone down the noise after a reasonable hour (perhaps 10pm).
Here's a link to the Gaffer District website where they promote second story living:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gafferdistrict.com/apartments.php
They never mention the noise.