The Nina Dunn HDFC is a highly regarded, affordable Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC) cooperative located at 1670 Longfellow Avenue in the Crotona Park East neighborhood of the Bronx, New York
This is Nina Dunn, a fierce community leader and resident who fought to preserve the building.
The building was originally constructed in 1913 as a tenement and later converted into a cooperative residence in the 1980s.
The co-op is named after Nina Dunn, a fierce community leader and resident who fought to preserve the building.
In the late 1970s, after the original landlord abandoned the property, Dunn spearheaded a tenant-led movement.
She is remembered for standing up against local crime, often patrolling the lobby and actively pushing drug dealers out of the building to protect her neighbors.