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Photograph of United Workers Cooperatives
Photograph by ALT55-VictorM, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

United Workers Cooperatives

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“United Workers Cooperatives, also known as Allerton 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.”

Wikipedia article United Workers Cooperatives, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 91 National Register listings published here for Bronx County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 structuress, 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 2700--2870 Bronx Park E, New York, 10467
  • When was it listed? September 1986
  • Category. building
  • Borough. The Bronx
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 86002518 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering United Workers Cooperatives, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering United Workers Cooperatives, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

2,746 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,746 fires within 5 miles of United Workers Cooperatives between 2000 and 2020, burning about 835 acres in total. 163 started naturally. 154 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1932
Smoking168
Recreation and ceremony164
Natural163
Arson/incendiarism154
Equipment and vehicle use64
Debris and open burning63
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes6
Railroad operations and maintenance4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Bronx County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of United Workers Cooperatives: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Garnet, Zirconium, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Laurel Hill RefineryCopper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium, Selenium, Palladium, PlatinumPlant
155th St & 10th Ave Garnet DepositGarnet, ZirconiumOccurrence
159th St & 11th Ave Beryl DepositBerylliumOccurrence
176/178 Sts & 11th Ave DepositTitanium, Garnet, GemstoneOccurrence
200th St & 10th Ave Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
National Gypsum/ Bronx MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Star Sand and Gravel Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
180th St & 10th Ave Rutile DepositTitaniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bronx County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Boston Road Plaza0.4 miles2024
New York Botanical Gardens0.5 miles1967
52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable0.5 miles1982
Lorillard Snuff Mill0.6 miles1977
Williamsbridge Oval Park0.9 miles2015
Rainey Memorial Gates0.9 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86002518 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bronx CountyAll 91 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.