Tucked away in the Northeast Bronx is the world’s largest cooperative housing development not just in the country but in the world.
Once these wetlands was home to Freedomland, one of several amusement parks that dotted our borough which eventually gave way in the 1960s to create this 35 building, 15,372 residential unit utopia of sorts.
Occupying 320 acres and just under 1 square mile, Co-op City is also the country’s largest residential development: It is, literally, a city within a city.
Late last year, Co-op City celebrated its 50th anniversary and CityLab took a close look at how it has been a mostly successful affordable housing development what made it work and what could be better.
Watch the video below:
