Living in Co-op City: rent, commute and grades

The Bronx · Updated November 2026

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Rent in Co-op City

$1,061 a month, estimated

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

C-Overall

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FWalkability
The average home has 3.5 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 24 places to eat or shop.
DFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 13 places to eat, 8 kinds of cuisine, 1.9 large grocery stores and 6 open storefronts.
CParks and green space
90% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 2,793 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 217 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

FCommunity
13% of households moved in since 2018, 3% are roommates sharing a home, 17% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 6 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
DNightlife
About 4 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

B+Safety
4.1 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (147 in all).
A+Quiet
7 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
A+Building upkeep
3.7 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 0.9 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourCo-op City

Co-op City is a New York State Mitchell-Lama housing cooperative of 15,372 apartments in 35 high-rise buildings and seven townhouse clusters. Its operator calls it the largest single residential development in the United States. Source
Apartments are shares in a limited-equity cooperative: they cannot be resold on the open market, and all sales go through Riverbay's Residential Sales Department. Source
Gas, water, electricity and air conditioning are all included in the monthly carrying charges. Co-op City runs its own trigeneration power plant that supplies heat, hot and chilled water and electricity. Source
Co-op City was conceived by Abraham E. Kazan and sponsored by the United Housing Foundation, a coalition of labor unions set up by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Ground was broken on May 14, 1966, and it marked its 50th anniversary in December 2018. Source
Before construction began in 1966, the land was part of Freedomland, a theme park billed as the 'Disneyland of the East'. Two of its waterwheels and a stack pipe stand in a memorial garden on Bartow Avenue. Source
Only about 20 percent of Co-op City's 320 acres is built on. The grounds have bike and walking paths, basketball and tennis courts, a little league field and a community garden. Source
Day-to-day shopping is in Co-op City's three on-site shopping centers, with grocery stores, restaurants and a post office, and at the Mall at Bay Plaza across from the development. Source