There is a co-op apartment in NYC called The Dakota.
A housing cooperative , or co-op , is a legal entity , usually a cooperative or a corporation , which owns real estate , consisting of one or more residential buildings ; it is one type of housing tenure . Manhattan ( [ mænˈhætən ] , [ mənˈhætən ] ) is the most densely populated borough of New York City , its economic and administrative center , and the city 's historical birthplace . The Dakota . It was built in 1884 and is considered to be one of Manhattan 's most prestigious and exclusive cooperative residential buildings .