Question: Coops in Brooklyn

I am serching for infor relating to co-op housing or co-housing in Brooklyn NY or any of the surrounding areas...I am moving from Minneapolis to NY early spring and want to look into moving into a good co-op but i am unaware if there any around this area...i am drug free, vegan, loves bikes and into alot of music(h.c./punk)...if there are any recourses or specific people to get in contact with please let me know it would help a lot...

Answer: Coops in Brooklyn

This is a tough question to answer, as shared housing with like-minded progressive people is generally found through good old word-of-mouth, which means you would probably have to actually be in NYC to start looking for this kind of arrangement. There are no central resources for cooperative houses here.

We can suggest some spaces that may have ads posted for available housing and are just good places to network through the activities and projects they host.

ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Sts (between Clinton and Suffolk Sts)

Sixth Street Community Center
638 E. 6th St (between Aves B and C)

Bluestockings Books
172 Allen St (between Stanton and Rivington Sts)

Times Up!
49 E. Houston St (between Mott and Mulberry Sts)

All of these spaces are in lower Manhattan, but people from all over the city converge here.

There is also the Park Slope Food Coop in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It's the largest member-owned and -operated food co-op in the country, and there is a bulletin board inside the store with all kinds of housing-related postings, including for shares. There are online classifieds that you can peruse, though more people hang up ads in the Co-op itself than use the Web site.