United Workers Cooperatives
United Workers Cooperatives | |
New York City Landmark No. 1795 | |
| Location | 2700-2870 Bronx Park East, Bronx, NY 10467 |
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| Coordinates | 40°51′59″N 73°52′11″W / 40.86639°N 73.86972°W |
| Area | 5.4 acres (2.2 ha) |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | Springsteen & Goldhammer; Jessor, Herman J. |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002518 |
| NYCL No. | 1795 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 11, 1986 |
| Designated NHL | July 17, 1991 |
| Designated NYCL | June 2, 1992 |
United Workers Cooperatives, also known as Allerton Coops (colloquially Coops or Commie Coops), is a historic apartment building complex located at 2700–2870 Bronx Park East in Allerton, Bronx, New York City. The complex includes three contributing buildings and five contributing structures. The Tudor Revival style buildings were built during two construction campaigns, 1926–1927 and 1927–1929 by the United Workers' Association. The buildings feature half timbered gables, horizontal half-timbered bands topped with sloping slate roofs, corbelled and crenellated towers, and picturesque chimneys.