Construction tells only part of a neighborhood's story. Each layer is a named public dataset, drawn with its own mark so it never passes for a filing.

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Five different patterns of change.

Begin at the borough level, then follow verified records into neighborhoods, streets, buildings and individual filings.

Manhattan35 neighborhood record groups

5,989126 new building 02

Brooklyn56 neighborhood record groups

7,9081306 new building 03

Queens61 neighborhood record groups

2,741503 new building 04

Bronx39 neighborhood record groups

1,577381 new building 05

Staten Island16 neighborhood record groups

763251 new building

Ways in

18,978 filings, and six ways to walk into them.

The catalog is not a list. It is a street, a building, a height, a trade and a month, all describing the same records from different sides.

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1,560Streetsstreets with a filing

Every street in the city carrying building work, borough by borough.

4,098Buildingsbuildings with a history

Addresses where more than one filing has landed over time.

207Neighborhoodsneighborhoods

The city’s own tabulation areas, ranked by how much is filed in them.

176ZIP codespostal codes

The geography most people actually know their own address by.

875Firmsfiling businesses

Who files the paperwork, and how often.

44Archivemonths on record

What was submitted, month by month, newest first.

By height

All bands

How tall is the New York being filed?

Band	Storeys	Filings
Towers	21+	1,337
Mid-rise	7–20	3,044
Low-mid	4–6	2,699
Low-rise	0–3	3,714

By work

All categories

What is actually being done?

Kind of work	Filings
Alteration filing	16,122
New building	2,567
Full demolition	289
General construction	5,013
Structural work	1,673
Earthwork and excavation	794
Foundation work	756

A filing can carry several kinds of work at once, so these counts overlap rather than divide.

Busiest streets

Street directory

Where the most is happening.

BroadwayManhattan344
Fifth AvenueManhattan333
Madison AvenueManhattan221
Fulton StreetBrooklyn115
Atlantic AvenueBrooklyn84
Bedford AvenueBrooklyn79
Queens BoulevardQueens57
Northern BoulevardQueens48
Hillside AvenueQueens31
Grand ConcourseBronx31

Most-filed buildings

Building directory

Addresses that keep coming back.

Recent months

Full archive

September 2026814August 20264,193July 20261,124June 2026919May 2026630April 2026488March 2026665February 2026389January 2026417December 2025411

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“Show what the record says. Explain what it may signal. Never confuse either one with a prediction.”

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The city changesbefore it looks different.

What moved through the city's systems.

1250 Waters Place

210 Joralemon Street

115 55 Street

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