![]() ![]() The Ericksons sold their property in 1961–62. The Ericksons also operated a boat yard that not only rented slips but specialized in refurbishing wooden boats, primarily motor boats made from teak and mahogany. Gus's Barge was a restaurant and a night club featuring jazz combos and other forms of live music. A well known restaurant at that site was Gus's Barge, operated by Gus and Francis Erickson. The estuary was the site of boat yards and canoe rental sites during the 1950s. A tidal estuary reached from the Hutchinson River at the New Haven Railroad along a route just north of Hunter and Boller Avenue to pass under the Hutchinson River parkway. The land to the south of the Hutchinson River (Section 5 of Co-op City) was unspoiled swamp land from the '50s up through the time Co-op City was constructed. ![]() It was possible to drive up to the Hutchinson River and walk along several paths through the reeds and swim in the Hutchinson River. By the '50s, most of the land on the north side of the Hutchinson River was flat land used for recreation for example, model airplane flying meets were held there. Prior to housing that theme park, the land north of the Hutchinson River Parkway was a large area known by residents as "the dump". History DevelopmentĬo-op City in 1973 the lot in the foreground is a dumpĬo-op City is on the site of Freedomland, a former amusement park which closed in 1964. The building foundations extend down to bedrock through 50,000 pilings, but the land surrounding Co-op's structures settles and sinks a fraction of an inch each year, creating cracks in sidewalks and entrances to buildings. The development was built on landfill the original marshland still surrounds it. The adjacent Bay Plaza Shopping Center has a 13-screen multiplex movie theater, department stores, and a supermarket. Spread throughout the community are six nursery schools and day care centers, four basketball courts and five baseball diamonds. More than 40 offices within the development are rented by doctors, lawyers, and other professionals and there are at least 15 houses of worship. Truman High School, is unusual for having a planetarium on the premises), power plant, a 4-story air conditioning generator and a firehouse. This "city within a city" also has eight parking garages, three shopping centers, a 25-acre (100,000 m 2) educational park, including a high school, two middle schools and three grade schools (the high school, Harry S. Most streets in the community are named after notable historical personalities such as Earhart Lane for Amelia Earhart, Einstein Loop for Albert Einstein, Casals Place for Pablo Casals and Dreiser Loop for Theodore Dreiser. All streets in section one begin with the letter "D", section two begins with the letter "C", section three with the letter "A", section four with the letter "B" and section five with the letter "E". Each street in a section is denoted by a letter of the alphabet. Sections one to four are connected and section five is separated from the main area by the Hutchinson River Parkway. Nearby attractions include Pelham Bay Park, Orchard Beach and City Island.Ĭo-op City is divided into five sections. The community is part of Bronx Community District 10 and its ZIP Code is 10475. The construction of the community was sponsored by the United Housing Foundation and financed with a mortgage loan from New York State Housing Finance Agency. Construction began in 1966 and the first residents moved in two years later, though the project was not completed until 1973. It is in New York City Council District 12.Ĭo-op City was formerly marshland before being occupied by an amusement park called Freedomland U.S.A. With 43,752 residents as of the 2010 United States Census, it is the largest housing cooperative in the world. It is bounded by Interstate 95 to the southwest, west, and north and the Hutchinson River Parkway to the east and southeast, and is partially in the Baychester and Eastchester neighborhoods. Co-op City (short for Cooperative City) is a cooperative housing development located in the northeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. ![]()
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