Dakota Apartments

The Dakota Apartments is a Chateauesque style cooperative apartment building in Manhattan, New York City. It was constructed between 1880 and 1884. The building was one of the first large developments on the Upper West Side and is the oldest remaining luxury apartment building in New York City. The building is located to the southwest of Central Park, which lies next to it. The name of the building Dakota comes from the fact that Manhattan was sparsely populated at the time of the building's construction, just like South Dakota and North Dakota. The 10-storey building has 94 units, no two of which are the same. Dakota Apartments is one of the hardest co-op buildings to buy into and the co-op board has rejected the residency applications of celebrities like Madonna and Billy Joel.

John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono are the most famous residents of the Dakota.

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  The roof of the Dakota during winter, with the H-shaped central courtyard
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  Archival photograph of the main entrance in 1965
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  The same location in 2022
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  Vaulted driveway leading into the courtyard
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  The Dakota as seen from Eighth Avenue circa 1890. The Upper West Side was sparsely developed; the only other buildings visible are Clark's row houses on 73rd Street to the left
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  In 1903, the area was still sparsely developed, though street lamps and street signs had been added
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  Rounded windows on 72nd Street
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  Main entrance, where John Lennon was shot
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  Windows on Central Park West
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  View from 73rd Street and Central Park West

• Media related to the Dakota at Wikimedia Commons