Freedomland is now the Bay Plaza Shopping Center, TB.

My Bally Fitness is there, so I'm there at least three times a week. Bay Plaza is also home to the Bronx's one surviving chain bookstore (a pretty decent Barnes and Noble).

There's a popular misconception that Co-Op City now occupies the Freedomland property, but I believe that Co-Op City was actually built on what was once the Freedomland parking lot.

I remember when Co-Op City first went up, people flocked there like it was the Promised Land. So there's no pun intended when I mention that in its early years, Co-Op City had a huge Jewish population. But I'm quite sure that you already knew that, TB .