Kind of work

Where is solar being installed in New York City?

1688 filings in the current snapshot record solar installations. Filings that record photovoltaic work on a roof or facade, anywhere in the five boroughs. 167 changed status in the last 7 days.

A filing can record several kinds of work at once, so this count overlaps with the other categories rather than dividing the catalog into separate piles.

Filings1688
Boroughs5
Latest status changeOct 26, 2026

1,688 filings declare photovoltaic work — 1.3% of every filing published here, and every one of them has moved in the last 90 days.

Share of the record1.3%of 129,508 filings with a page
Moved in 90 daysAllfilings that changed status
Median height9storeys, where one is recorded

Staten Island holds 2% of everything on record but 19% of solar filings — more than 9 times the citywide rate.

19% here · 2% citywide · Open Staten Island

The flag comes from the filing itself, so this counts jobs that say they install solar rather than panels confirmed on a roof. Solar work also rides along with other work on the same filing. The catalog is a rolling window over recent Department of Buildings activity rather than the city’s whole history, which is why the figures above are given as shares — a share survives the window, a count does not. How the record is built.

Where it is happening

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Built from DOB NOW: Build – Job Application Filings (w9ak-ipjd), accessed Oct 27, 2026.