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Co-op City

Co-op City is a cooperative housing development in the northeast Bronx, bounded by Interstate 95 and the Hutchinson River Parkway, and described as the largest housing cooperative in the world. It was built between 1966 and 1973 on the site of the former Freedomland U.S.A. amusement park. Housing is almost entirely high-rise: in PLUTO data about 97% of its roughly 15,900 residential units are in buildings of 20 or more floors. There is no subway inside the area; the nearest stations are Baychester Av and Eastchester-Dyre Av on the 5 line, and bus routes such as the Bx12 Select Bus Service, Bx23 and Bx38 and the BxM7 express connect it to the subway and Manhattan. Givans Creek Woods is a small nature preserve at its north end.

Co-op City has 7,036 open HPD housing violations, 500 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 637 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 32nd most open violations of 39 neighborhoods in Bronx.

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Open HPD violations
7,036
500 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
637
84 Class C · 37th in Bronx
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C500 · 7%Class B3,315 · 47%Class A3,221 · 46%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous84
  • Class B · hazardous210
  • Class A · non-hazardous98

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

  • Built 1966-1973 on the former Freedomland U.S.A. site
  • About 97% of residential units are in buildings of 20+ floors (PLUTO 26v2)
  • No subway station inside; Baychester Av (5) is about 380 m from the boundary
  • Buses include the Bx12 SBS, Bx23, Bx38 and BxM7 express to Midtown
  • Givans Creek Woods nature preserve and Co-op City Field ballfields

Before you rent or buy here

Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

History, bus routes and parks from Wikipedia. Housing figures computed from PLUTO 26v2 residential units, with lots assigned to this NTA through 2020 census tracts (NYC Planning tract-to-NTA codes); building type uses PLUTO building class (C = walk-up, D = elevator, A/B = one- and two-family). Subway stations placed by point-in-polygon test of MTA station coordinates against the 2020 NTA boundary (data.cityofnewyork.us 9nt8-h7nd); 'just outside' means within about 150 m of the edge. Re-verified 2026-10-12: recomputed every PLUTO 26v2 share from the raw lots (2020 tract-to-NTA codes from data.cityofnewyork.us 63ge-mke6) and re-ran the station point-in-polygon test against the 2020 NTA file. Construction dates, Freedomland, bus routes, Givans Creek Woods and Co-op City Field confirmed in Wikipedia and NYC Parks polygons; Riverbay lots total 15,372 units, matching Wikipedia.

Sources

  1. Co-op City, Bronx (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2 · NYC Department of City Planning (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. MTA Subway Stations (station list with routes and coordinates) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)

General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules change; confirm with the agency or a professional before you act.

“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.