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All Housing Built

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Housing and its price are often discussed, directly and indirectly. In every corner of New York City, even more so. Those discussions can be indirect, like with the countless articles pondering “why are so many young adults living with their parents?” I haven’t read all of them, but the bottom line is it’s due to housing costs.

This page aims to simplify and clarify what housing costs are based on what’s available at a given time. I used all listings from 2010 to today based on StreetEasy.com’s listings. I broke it down from micro (cb6/ neighborhoods) to macro (borough and citywide).

Rest assured, it’s not just staring at numbers that I’d say are too high; it’s also got every active “affordable housing” lottery open across NYC. I put “affordable” in quotes, as that may be better described as “less expensive housing”, but I digress. I’ll keep making updates, but check it out and let me know what you think.

Mike RacioppoDistrict Manager, Brooklyn Community Board 6

This page shows every housing unit built in New York City since 2010, not just affordable ones. Where it went, what kind it was, who built it, and what is still coming.

What the numbers mean

Two city datasets sit behind this. The Department of City Planning Housing Database records every job that adds or removes housing, from the permit application through to completion. Figures by community district run 2010 to 2024. Figures by council district and neighborhood come from the individual job records and run 2010 to 2022, which is why those totals are lower.

Net unitsEvery figure here is net. If a block loses 20 units to demolition and gains 50 in a new building, it counts as 30. An area can post a negative year.
CompletedConstruction finished and the units exist. This is the default view.
Permitted, not yet builtThe city has issued a permit and work can begin. The furthest along in the pipeline, and the most likely to actually appear.
FiledAn application has been submitted but not yet approved. The least certain stage; many filed jobs are later withdrawn.
New buildingHousing on a site that had none, or replacing what was there. The large majority of what gets built.
AlterationUnits added by converting or enlarging a building that already exists. More jobs than new construction, but far fewer units each.
DemolitionUnits removed. Subtracted from every total on this page.
Income regulatedUnits with a legal cap on rent tied to household income, counted toward the city’s affordable housing programs. Everything else is market rate.
Dwelling unitsConventional apartments and houses, what the city calls Class A. Hotel rooms and group quarters are counted separately and are not part of the housing totals.
2020 census unitsEvery housing unit that existed at the 2020 count, used here to show how much an area grew relative to its size.

The three lenses. The same data, cut three ways. Community boards are the 59 districts that review land use locally. Council districts are the 51 seats whose members hold the deciding vote on most rezonings. Neighborhoods are the names people actually use, which follow neither boundary.

Colour bands on the map are relative to the areas shown, not a fixed scale, so the same colour means different things when you switch lenses.

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2010–2024units completed
New York City
Housing units completed, by community district
📅 Completed each yearNet units finished citywide, 2010 to 2024.
🛠 Built versus still to comeWhat is finished against what is filed, approved or permitted but not yet built.
🏙 By boroughCompleted and pipeline side by side.
🏗 Every kind of buildNew buildings, alterations that add units, and demolitions that remove them. The net of the three is the figure everything else on this page uses.
⚖ All housing against income regulatedHow much of what gets built is affordable, year by year.
🏆 Districts ranked, completedAll 59, most to fewest units finished since 2010. CB6 highlighted.
🚧 Districts ranked, still to comePermitted but not yet built, plus filed and approved.
📊 Growth against existing stockUnits completed since 2010 as a share of what the 2020 census counted.
📋 Housing reportAny year, any lens, compared against another period. Save as a PDF.
Pick a period and tap Generate report.
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