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Market activity

Filing activity across New York City

Jul 31, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026 · counted by filing dates · all boroughs.

Proposed activity to research and monitor. These are the units and buildings filed to be built in your area; a filing date does not show whether a property is listed or whether construction has started.

Period
All boroughs
Area

2,835 filings match these filters across the five boroughs.

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Dwelling units proposed
32,690
total proposed dwelling units on new building filings · a total, not a count of filings
Residential buildings filed
502
filings proposing 5 or more dwelling units · counts filings
Units added by alterations
723
net additional units, proposed minus existing, where both counts are recorded

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What this means for an agent or broker

Monitor these recent New York City Department of Buildings filings to identify emerging residential development pipelines and inventory shifts across your target neighborhoods for the period of July 31 to October 29, 2026.

  • 32,690 dwelling units proposedThis aggregate figure represents the total scale of potential new housing inventory across all five boroughs, helping you track long-term supply trends in your market.
  • 502 residential buildings filedThese filings represent multi-unit projects of five or more dwelling units, serving as key lead indicators for potential future neighborhood density and residential market shifts.

Next: Open the map view to filter these 2,835 filings by your specific farm area neighborhoods for deeper analysis.

A filing is an application; it does not indicate project approval, active construction, or current unit availability. Filing dates do not reflect whether a property is currently listed, under contract, or seeking professional services.

Largest residential proposals

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New building filings, most proposed dwelling units first. Hotel-room and dormitory filings are excluded. Read the filed scope before acting.

New housing filed by neighborhood

Ranked by total proposed dwelling units, not by filing count. Each row opens exactly the filings behind it.

  1. Jamaica2,695 units
  2. Astoria1,166 units
  3. Midtown1,055 units
  4. Coney Island1,046 units
  5. Crown Heights1,041 units

948 units have no neighborhood recorded. They are counted in the figures above, not ranked here.

About this data
Counted byFiling dates. An import does not change the period.
DatasetFilingsEarliest filingLatest filing
New Building Permits12,228Nov 12, 2021Oct 26, 2026
Alteration Permits7,546May 31, 2024Oct 26, 2026
Demolition Permits2,925Apr 10, 2025Oct 26, 2026

A quiet month can mean records have not been imported yet. Counts exclude reversed imports, count each job once, and skip a missing count rather than reading it as zero. No budgets, prices or returns are inferred.