Brooklyn Cooperative
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We also make it easy to access your savings, whether by:

  • Making cash withdrawals at the office
  • Writing checks from your checking account
  • Using your ATM card at any ATM with the Cirrus or Coop Network logo
  • Purchasing money orders or Authorizing out-going money wires


To become a member of the credit union as an individual, you will need to bring:

  • Proof of address
  • Photo ID
  • Social Security Card or ITIN (if applicable)
  • $10 Application fee

To become a member of the credit union as a sole proprietorship, you will need to bring:

  • Proof of address
  • Copy of proprietor's assumed name D/B/A papers
  • Photo ID
  • Either a social security number or ITIN
  • $10 Application fee

To become a member of the credit union as a corporation, you will need to bring:

  • Proof of address
  • Corporation resolution authorizing the opening of an account, listing the signers on the account and signed by the secretary of the corporation
  • Certificate of Incorporation (Certificate of good standing should be requested when Certificate of Incorporation is several years old)
  • Photo ID
  • EIN
  • $10 Application fee

To become a member of the credit union as a partnership, you will need to bring:

  • Proof of address
  • Partnership resolution
  • Partnership agreement
  • Parnership certificate issued by county where the partnership is doing business
  • Photo ID
  • EIN
  • $10 Application fee

To become a member of the credit union as an LLC, you will need to bring:

  • Proof of address
  • Articles of organization
  • Resolution of Authority authorizing the opening of an account, signed by the members/managers who are authorized signers on the account
  • Operating agreement -may or may not exist. This document should be reviewed to determine if an restrictions have been placed on a member or manager
  • Photo ID
  • EIN
  • $10 Application fee

To become a member of the credit union as an association, organization or club, you will need to bring:

  • Proof of address
  • Organization resolution authorizing the opening of an account, listing the signers of the account and signed by the Secretary of the organization
  • Photo ID
  • TIN (if applicable)
  • $10 Application fee

To become a member of the credit union as a non-profit corporation or association, you will need to bring: 

  • Proof of address
  • Photo ID
  • Resolution authorizing the opening of an account, listing the signers on the account and signed by the secretary of the non-profit corporation or association
  • Articles of incorporation if organized under the state of law
  • EIN
  • $10 Application fee

 

MEMBER PROFILE


When Lydia Paul came to the credit union, she was desperate. Her business was in dire straits due to a series of break-ins which had left her thousands of dollars in debt to her suppliers. Lydia went to bed each night, “wondering if the next day would be the last for my business and the end of my dream ...


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