This one-bedroom apartment at 837 West Cornelia Avenue has a bright, corner kitchen as its standout feature: a run of white cabinetry topped by light speckled countertops wraps a stainless steel gas range, a stainless refrigerator with a top freezer, and a full-size dishwasher tucked beside the stove, all lit by a large window over the counter that looks out toward the neighboring building's brick facade. Hardwood floors run from the kitchen into the living space, where a wide doorway with its own closet opens onto the rest of the unit, and the bedroom is a genuinely large room lit by a bank of three tall double-hung windows on one wall, each fitted with mini blinds, with two exposed radiators beneath them and a deep double-door closet on the adjacent wall for hanging storage. A second room off the hallway, usable as a home office or additional storage, has its own window, a through-the-window air conditioning unit, a baseboard radiator, and a closet with bifold doors.
The bathroom keeps a period tile surround in a warm beige tone around a full tub and shower combination, paired with a pedestal-style vanity in white, a wall-mounted medicine cabinet with a mirrored front, and a window for natural light and ventilation above the tub. Ceiling fans are fitted in the living spaces to help move air through the unit, and every room shows tall ceilings and generous window coverage that keeps the apartment feeling open rather than closed in. Between the kitchen appliance package, the oversized bedroom with its wall of windows, the bonus room off the hallway, and the closet space distributed through the unit, this is a practical layout for a renter who wants real separation between living and sleeping areas without sacrificing natural light.
Updated Apartments
Hardwood Floors
Dishwasher
Mini Blinds
Ceiling Fans
Plenty of Closet Space
Building Features
On-site Laundry
Cable/Internet Ready
Individual Electric Heater per Unit
Street Parking
Pet Policy
Cats Allowed
Dogs Allowed
2 Pets Max
No Weight Limit
What’s Included in Rent
Included
Water
Trash
Tenant Pays
Heat
Electricity
Cooking Gas
837-39 West Cornelia Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657
Walker's Paradise
91Walk
86Transit
88Bike
Transit & Commute
The Addison Red Line station at 940 West Addison Street is about a 5-minute walk, putting the Red Line's 24/7 service within easy reach: trains run every 3-10 minutes at rush hour (up to every 15 minutes overnight), reaching the Loop in about 20-25 minutes and running the other direction toward Wrigleyville, Andersonville, and points north.
For the Brown Line, the Southport station at 3411 North Southport Avenue is roughly a 16-minute walk, offering a second route to the Loop with trains about every 6-10 minutes during the day, plus easy access to the Southport Corridor's shops and restaurants right at the platform.
What’s Nearby
The Jewel-Osco at 3630 North Southport Avenue is about an 18-minute walk and covers the full weekly shop, including a pharmacy counter. Closer in, the Merlo branch of the Chicago Public Library at 644 West Belmont Avenue is about a 10-minute walk, with a full collection, public computers, and community programming.
The Southport Corridor, an 18-minute walk, is the neighborhood's main strip for shopping and dining, including Colectivo Coffee at 3258 North Southport Avenue for a daily coffee run. For recreation, Sheil Park at 3505 North Southport Avenue is about a 16-minute walk and has a fieldhouse, gymnasium, and outdoor space open to the public year-round.
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Lake View
Lake View is one of Chicago's largest and most storied North Side neighborhoods, stretching from the lakefront to Ravenswood Avenue, its identity shifting block by block rather than settling on one note. It began as a lakeside village of summer cottages and a single lakefront hotel before Chicago annexed it in 1889, and that resort-town DNA still shows in the tree-lined streets, classic greystones, and brick two-flats that carry through its many pockets. Wrigleyville rallies around Wrigley Field and the Cubs' century-old home, filling with rooftop energy on every game day; the Southport Corridor turns quieter and more boutique, its cafes and storefronts drawing a date-night crowd; and Northalsted, long the historic heart of Chicago's LGBTQ+ community, hosts the city's Pride Parade every June. Threading it all together is the lakefront itself, with the Chicago Lakefront Trail and Belmont Harbor a short walk from almost any address here. It's a neighborhood built for walking: independent boutiques, award-winning restaurants, and corner cafes line Broadway, Southport, and Belmont, and the Belmont and Addison 'L' stops keep the whole area, and the rest of the city, within easy reach.
Lakefront & Trail
Belmont Harbor & the Lakefront Trail
Belmont Harbor anchors Lake View's stretch of the Chicago Lakefront Trail, where a wide paved path runs along the water's edge past hundreds of moored sailboats on their way out to Lake Michigan. Underpasses at Belmont and Wellington carry you beneath Lake Shore Drive without ever crossing traffic, opening onto green lakefront lawns, a boat launch, and miles of running and biking path in both directions. The harbor is free, open around the clock, and busy with joggers and cyclists from the first warm morning of spring through the last fall evenings. It is the neighborhood's front door to the lake, a five-minute walk that turns an ordinary morning run into a view of open water and sailboats at anchor.
Wrigley Field has stood at 1060 W. Addison St. since 1914, making it the second-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball and the beating heart of the neighborhood that grew up around it. Its ivy-covered outfield walls, the hand-turned scoreboard, and the red marquee at Clark and Addison are as much Chicago icons as the team itself, and on game days the streets around it fill with fans, rooftop bars, and the unmistakable energy of a sellout crowd. The Cubs open their home schedule every spring and play into the fall, and living a short walk from the ballpark means a Tuesday night game can be a spur-of-the-moment plan rather than an outing you drive across town for.
Open since August 1929, the Music Box Theatre is Chicago's beloved home for independent, foreign, and classic film, screening a lineup that runs from new arthouse releases to cult favorites under its ornate, star-painted ceiling. It's the only theater in the city that regularly accompanies silent films with a live theater organ, a tradition running since the early 1980s that turns an ordinary movie night into something you won't find anywhere else. The theater's tall neon marquee has lit up Southport Avenue for nearly a century, and its single-screen main auditorium still seats audiences the way it did on opening night. A few minutes from home, it's the kind of neighborhood cinema most people only read about.
Set behind an ornate terra cotta facade at 2828 N. Clark St., Landmark's Century Centre Cinema is Lake View's go-to for independent and foreign-language film, with seven screens covering everything from awards-season contenders to festival favorites that never make it to the big multiplexes. A full renovation brought reserved stadium seating and reclining screening-lounge chairs, so a weeknight showing feels like an occasion rather than an errand. Tucked into the Century shopping center along Clark Street, it sits a short walk from Lake View's restaurants and bars, making it an easy anchor for a full night out without ever needing a car.
