Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village

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housing development planned community residential apartment complex

Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village is a large post–World War II residential apartment complex on Manhattan’s East Side, known for its planned community design and middle-income housing.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Peter Cooper Village 3
Kips Bay Towers 1
Manhattan Community District 6 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf housing development ⓘ
planned community ⓘ
residential apartment complex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Stuy Town ⓘ
architecturalStyle post–World War II residential ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
boundedBy 14th Street ⓘ
23rd Street ⓘ
Avenue C ⓘ
First Avenue ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1945 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedAs superblock development ⓘ
developer Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ⓘ
hasAmenity parking garages ⓘ
playgrounds ⓘ
recreational facilities ⓘ
security services ⓘ
hasFeature central oval park ⓘ
landscaped courtyards ⓘ
on-site retail spaces ⓘ
playgrounds ⓘ
private internal streets ⓘ
hasGreenSpaceArea large proportion of site ⓘ
hasPart Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peter Cooper Village

Stuy Town ⓘ
surface form: Stuyvesant Town
inception 1947 ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood East Village ⓘ
surface form: East Village area

Gramercy ⓘ
surface form: Gramercy area
location East Side of Manhattan ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
namedAfter Peter Cooper ⓘ
Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
notableFor large-scale middle-income housing ⓘ
planned community design ⓘ
postwar urban renewal ⓘ
numberOfApartments over 11000 ⓘ
numberOfBuildings over 50 ⓘ
openingDate 1947 ⓘ
partOf Manhattan residential developments ⓘ
New York City housing complexes ⓘ
purpose middle-income housing ⓘ
targetDemographic middle-income residents ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
urbanPlanningConcept tower-in-the-park ⓘ
zoningType residential ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kips Bay → borderedBy → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peter Cooper Village
Manhattan Community Board 6 → governingBodyOf → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manhattan Community District 6
Kips Bay → hasLandmark → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kips Bay Towers
East Side of Manhattan → hasNeighborhood → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village ⓘ
Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village → hasPart → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peter Cooper Village
Peter Stuyvesant → legacy → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village ⓘ
Gramercy → near → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village ⓘ
First Avenue → passes → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peter Cooper Village
First Avenue → passes → Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stuyvesant Town