The Dakota is a cooperative apartment home in New York City.
The Dakota , also known as Dakota Apartments , is a cooperative apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City , United States .	New York	Manhattan	cooperative	Housing cooperative	72nd Street	72nd Street (Manhattan)	Central Park West	Central Park West	Upper West Side	Upper West Side	Manhattan	Manhattan	New York City	New York City	United States	United States
It was built in 1884 and is considered to be one of Manhattan 's most prestigious and exclusive cooperative residential buildings .	cooperative	Housing cooperative	Manhattan	Manhattan
The Dakota is famous as the home of former Beatle John Lennon from 1973 to his death outside the building in 1980 .	Beatle	The Beatles	John Lennon	John Lennon	death	Death of John Lennon
