Rochdale Village (also called Rochdale) is a 20-building, 5,860-apartment residential cooperative designed by architect Herman Jessor and built by the United Housing Foundation, consisting of five circles of four buildings in the South Jamaica neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. The United States' second largest housing co-operative, it was founded by garment workers in 1965 to set a precedent for establishment of future cooperative housing.

The property is the former site of Jamaica Racetrack, which was operated by the Metropolitan Jockey Club and its successor, the Greater New York Association (now the New York Racing Association.) When the NYRA decided to renovate Greater Jamaica's other track, Aqueduct Racetrack (in South Ozone Park), it also decided to close Jamaica Racetrack when the Aqueduct Racetrack's improvements were finished. Jamaica Racetrack was shut down in 1959 and demolished.

Problems began before Rochdale Village was completed: the construction company responsible for building Rochdale Village would not hire African American workers.

Construction proceeded at a rapid pace on a new community in Queens. When Rochdale Village opened, it was the largest private cooperative housing complex in the world[citation needed] (later surpassed by Co-op City in the Bronx)[citation needed], and was between 10 to 20 percent African American and 80 to 90 percent white.[citation needed] As years passed, more and more African Americans moved to Rochdale. It was between the late 1960s and mid-1970s that most whites moved from the community.[citation needed]

Some of the major highways/transportation methods are the Belt Parkway, MTA New York City Transit buses and the Long Island Rail Road, which stops right by the complex at the Locust Manor station.[citation needed]

(Parks & Recreation) There are also several parks for kids to play in growing up. P.S. 80 parks, P.S. 30 Park, J.H.S. 72 Park are all of the parks provided by the schools in the area. There are also parks in Circle 3 and circle 4 (Africa Park & Circle 5playground), circle 5 (Green Courts). Having parks in the area is good to have for all ages of kids to go to and play, it keeps the older kids that's going into their teens out of trouble and it keeps the kids in shape by playing sports in the park or just running around.

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