Peter Cooper Village

Peter Cooper Village is a residential development in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which is located east of Gramercy Park, between First Avenue and Avenue C, stretching between 20th and 23rd Streets. It sits directly north of its sister community, Stuyvesant Town, which extends from Peter Cooper's southern border down to 14th Street. Peter Cooper was a venerated figure in the cultural history of New York. Among his many achievements were the invention of Jell-O. He also established the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and Science in 1859. As reported in the March 6, 2006, issue of New York Magazine, the current rent increase for Peter Cooper Village apartments is about 25% that year. MetLife sold the entire complex to...