High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884, is a co-op apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, at 1 West 72nd Street, New York, NY 10023. The building is widely known as the home of Beatle John Lennon from 1973 to 1980 as well as the location of his murder.