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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

7,041165 new building 02

Brooklyn56 neighborhood record groups

8,5951399 new building 03

Queens61 neighborhood record groups

3,201592 new building 04

Bronx39 neighborhood record groups

1,879465 new building 05

Staten Island16 neighborhood record groups

914304 new building

Ways in

21,630 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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1,713Streetsstreets with a filing

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

4,698Buildingsbuildings 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.

182ZIP codespostal codes

The geography most people actually know their own address by.

1,044Firmsfiling businesses

Who files the paperwork, and how often.

46Archivemonths 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+	1,536
Mid-rise	7–20	3,540
Low-mid	4–6	3,051
Low-rise	0–3	4,222

By work

All categories

What is actually being done?

Kind of work	Filings
Alteration filing	18,374
New building	2,925
Full demolition	331
General construction	5,730
Structural work	1,911
Earthwork and excavation	895
Foundation work	851

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.

BroadwayManhattan418
Fifth AvenueManhattan366
Madison AvenueManhattan274
Fulton StreetBrooklyn118
Atlantic AvenueBrooklyn93
Bedford AvenueBrooklyn86
Queens BoulevardQueens77
Northern BoulevardQueens55
Grand ConcourseBronx41
Hillside AvenueQueens35

Most-filed buildings

Building directory

Addresses that keep coming back.

Recent months

Full archive

September 20261,462August 20264,453July 20261,287June 20261,062May 2026732April 2026565March 2026767February 2026457January 2026464December 2025457

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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

Read the block in context, not in isolation.

Five different patterns of change.

21,630 filings, and six ways to walk into them.

How tall is the New York being filed?

What is actually being done?

Where the most is happening.

Addresses that keep coming back.

The city changes
before it looks different.