Weekly data note · August 17–23, 2026

The week in NYC development records.

2,569 included NYC DOB records carry a status date in the week of August 17–23, 2026. Manhattan accounts for 39% of this weekly set.

This note counts included filings by their latest published status date. A dated administrative update does not, by itself, show that physical work started or finished during the week.

How records qualify
Weekly NYC development record graphic for August 17–23, 2026, showing included records, new-building filings and the leading borough share
Weekly data portrait

A visual summary of the fixed weekly edition. Counts describe included DOB records, not construction starts.

Weekly distributionWhere included status-dated records were concentrated.

Counts reflect this published weekly snapshot and are not a measure of construction starts or completed buildings.

Included records
2,569
New-building filings
321
Active-status records
2,147

What stood out

A geographic concentration, read with its limits.

Manhattan accounts for 1,011 of the 2,569 included records, or 39% of this weekly set. Brooklyn follows with 650 records. These shares describe the records included when this edition was published, not every construction event in New York City.

The filing mix contains 321 new-building records, 2,214 major alterations and 34 full-demolition records. The largest named neighborhood group is Midtown-Times Square, Manhattan with 189 included records.

2,101 records publish an approved-stage status, representing 82% of the weekly set. Approval is an administrative milestone and should not be read as evidence that a site is actively under construction.

Borough ledger

The current weekly set, borough by borough.

Included records grouped by borough for August 17–23, 2026
BoroughRecordsShare
Manhattan1,01139%
Brooklyn65025%
Queens48319%
Bronx28211%
Staten Island1436%

Records to examine

Large stated proposals within the included set.

Selected by published project type, proposed units, stories and cost—not editorial estimates. Open a record to see the original scope, dated milestones and source row.

Reproducibility note

How this weekly reading was assembled.

  1. Start with records that pass Street Futures’ published inclusion checks: a stable identifier, mapped address, dated status context and sufficient source detail.
  2. Group each record by the latest status date published in the source into a Monday-through-Sunday reporting week.
  3. Count records by borough, neighborhood, filing class and status category. Counts describe records, not unique sites or construction starts.
  4. Retain links to each record and its official NYC source so a reader can inspect the underlying entry.

Proposed unit figures are available in 1,540 of the included records and sum to 122,191 as stated in those filings. This is not a net housing estimate: related applications can refer to the same site, and proposals may change or never be built.