Yoko Ono leaves NYC after 50 years, moves to farm purchased with John Lennon
nypost.comaccording to the Daily Mail. In the last 50 years, Ono has called the exclusive Dakota building — located on West 72nd Street and known as the first-ever luxury apartment building in America — her home.
Lennon was shot outside, in the Dakota’s archway, on Dec. 8, 1980. During the pandemic, Ono opted to move to her expansive 600-acre farm near Franklin, New York, in the Catskills, full-time — with no plans of returning to her Upper West Side abode, the outlet reported.
Ono and The Beatles legend had purchased the farm initially as a retreat — and to raise Holstein dairy cows. Ono now lives a “peaceful life,” out of the public spotlight, sources say, adding that the small town has a population of just 340 people.
The main house on the sprawling estate has four bedrooms and two bathrooms — and outside, Ono grows her own vegetables. Nearby are a farmers’ market and a pizza restaurant.Philip Norman, in his book, “John Lennon: The Life,” writes that the English singer bought a herd of 122 cows and 10 bulls for the farm at one point.
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