The Gothic Revival apartment building at 1 West 72nd Street where John Lennon lived for much of his life in New York City — directly opposite Strawberry Fields in Central Park. One of the most architecturally distinguished and historically significant residential buildings in Manhattan.
The 1884 Gothic Revival apartment building where John Lennon lived and was shot on December 8, 1980. Directly opposite Strawberry Fields. The name "Dakota" was given because the building was so far north of the city at the time that colleagues joked it might as well be in the Dakota Territory. Filming location for Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968). The building remains a private residential address with no public access, but the exterior courtyard archway and facade are fully visible from the sidewalk. Free to view, open 24 hours from street level.
Any time, but the courtyard arch is best photographed in morning light from the Central Park side of the street.
The building has no public access whatsoever — not the lobby, not the courtyard. But the arch entrance on 72nd Street is visible from the sidewalk, and the facade above it is unchanged from when Lennon lived there. Stand across the street at Strawberry Fields entrance for the angle that appears in every documentary about him.
The 1884 Gothic Revival apartment building where John Lennon lived and was shot on December 8, 1980. Directly opposite Strawberry Fields. The name "Dakota" was given because the building was so far north of the city at the time that colleagues joked it might as well be in the Dakota Territory. Filming location for Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby (1968). The building remains a private residential address with no public access, but the exterior courtyard archway and facade are fully visible from the sidewalk. Free to view, open 24 hours from street level.
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