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Co-Op City as viewed from the east over the Hutchinson River.

Co-op City is the largest cooperative housing development in the world. It is located in the Baychester section of the Borough of the Bronx in Northeast New York City. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Hutchinson River Parkway, the community is part of Bronx Community Board 10.

Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1971. Its 15,372 residential units, in thirty-five high rise buildings and seven clusters of townhouses, make it the largest single residential development in the United States.[1] Co-op City also has eight parking structures, three shopping centers, an educational park (including a high school, two middle schools and three grade schools) and a firehouse. The adjacent Bay Plaza Shopping Center has movies, department stores, and a supermarket. The apartment buildings, referred to by number, range from 24 floors to as high as 33.

The project was sponsored and built by the United Housing Foundation, an organization established in 1951 by Abraham Kazan and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. It was designed by cooperative architect Herman J. Jessor. The name of the complex's corporation itself was later changed to RiverBay at Co-op City. As a cooperative development, the tenants run the complex through an elected board. There is no pay for serving on the board.

Co-op City is situated in The Bronx. at the northeastern edge of New York City

Co-op City is on the site of Freedomland, a former amusement park. Prior to housing that theme park, a small municipal airport was established there.[2] When traveling into the city southbound from Interstate 95, it is one of the first sights a traveler sees and a vivid example of New York's urban immensity.

The shares of stock that prospective purchasers bought to enable them to occupy Co-op City apartments became the subject of protracted litigation culminating in a United States Supreme Court decision United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman, 421 U.S. 837 (1975).

Qualifications for Resident Application

View from corner of Asch Loop/Co-Op City Blvd
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As of April 2007:

  • Must not have felony conviction(s)
  • Credit score of 700 or higher
  • Must not belong to the Section 8 program
  • Must not have another primary residence

Depending on number of rooms and occupants:

  • For a one-bedroom apartment you must earn a minimum of $22,968 and a maximum of $67,704
  • For a two-bedroom apartment-- $34,452 minimum, $85,608 maximum
  • For a three-bedroom apartment-- $45,936 minimum, $125,736 maximum
  • Seniors have a reduced minimum income of between $18,792 and $40,716

Renovations

Within the first decade of the 2000s, the aging complex began undergoing a large-scale renovation, replacing piping, rehabilitating garages, making facade repairs, installing new windows in every apartment and new elevators in every building. Who would pay for these upgrades created a protracted dispute between Riverbay and the State of New York.

Co-op City was developed under New York's Mitchell-Lama Program, which subsidizes affordable housing. RiverBay chargedVorlage:Fact that the state should help with the costs because of severe infrastructure failures stemming from the development's original shoddy construction, which occurred under the supervision of the state. The state respondedVorlage:Fact that RiverBay was responsible for the costs because of its lack of maintenance over the years. In the end, a compromise had the state supplying money and RiverBay refinancing the mortgage to cover the rest of the capital costs.Vorlage:Fact

Ethnic make-up

Vorlage:Unreferenced Co-op City was home to a large Jewish community in its early years, many of whom relocated from other areas of the Bronx such as the Grand Concourse. African-Americans made up the majority of other tenants, but the community was known for its ethnic diversity. As early tenants grew older and moved away, the newer residents reflected the population of the Bronx, with African American and Hispanic residents becoming the majority. In the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union, the neighborhood received an influx of former Eastern Bloc emigres, especially from Russia and Albania.

As of 2007, the ethnic makeup is about 55% Black, 25% Hispanic and 20% Caucasian.

The closeup view of Co-Op City Buildings

Notable residents

See also

Footnotes

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References

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  1. ↑ A Walk Through the Bronx, WNET. Accessed June 18, 2007. "Co-op City is a middle income cooperative located in the northeastern corner of the Bronx and is it the largest single residential development in the United States. Completed in 1971, it consists of 15,372 residential units, in thirty-five high-rise buildings and seven clusters of townhouses."
  2. ↑ Whitsett, Ross. "Urban Mass: A Look at Co-op City", The Cooperator. Accessed September 22, 2007. "Prior to Freedomland, the land occupied by Co-op City was reincarnated several times — first as the home of the Siwasnoy Indians, then as a cucumber farm and pickle factory, then as a failed municipal airport."
  3. ↑ Coffey, Wayne. Former Met Stanley Jefferson struggles to cope with horror of life as 9/11 cop", New York Daily News, March 9, 2007. Accessed June 18, 2007.
  4. ↑ a b Christian Regenhard Memorial website
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