State of the City’s Housing & Neighborhoods
The Furman Center is pleased to present the 2008 edition of the State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods. Every year the Furman Center compiles statistics on housing, demographics and quality of life in the City, its five boroughs and 59 community districts.
This year, we have taken a step back to investigate the booms and busts of the City’s housing market over the past four decades, and to look for lessons those earlier times provide for today.
Download the report (PDF, 16.36 MB)
Each section may be downloaded as an individual PDF file below.
- Front Matter Acknowledgments and Table of Contents
- Executive Summary Introduction to the 2008 edition and a summary of key findings
- Trends in New York City Housing Appreciation
- The State of New York City Preservation This section looks at historic landmark and preservation activity across the City over the past five decades
- The State of Sustainable New York City This section looks at how New York City neighborhoods are faring on several environmental indicators
- Notes on the 2008 Edition Geographic definitions, ranking information, and a look at what’s new in the State of NYC’s Housing and Neighborhoods 2008
- Indicator Definitions and Rankings Data indicator definitions, source information, and geography and year for which data is available. This section also provides rankings for each indicator, showing the neighborhoods that have the highest and lowest totals.
- New York City Data and analysis of trends on New York City as a whole
- State of New Yorkers Data and analysis of a number of neighborhood quality indicators by race rather than geography.
- The Bronx Data and analysis of trends in the Bronx and its 12 community districts
- Brooklyn Data and analysis of trends in Brooklyn and its 18 community districts
- Manhattan Data and analysis of trends in Manhattan and its 12 community districts
- Queens Data and analysis of trends in Queens and its 14 community districts
- Staten Island Data and analysis of trends in Staten Island and its three community districts
- Index of Community Districts
- Methods This section includes a description of our data methods
- About the Furman Center
The data for each community district may be downloaded as an individual PDF file below.
Bronx
- Mott Haven/ Melrose 101
- Hunts Point/Longwood 102
- Morrisania/Crotona 103
- Highbridge/Concourse 104
- Fordham/University Heights 105
- Belmont/East Tremont 106
- Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford 107
- Riverdale/Fieldston 108
- Parkchester/Soundview 109
- Throgs Neck/Co-op City 110
- Morris Park/Bronxdale 111
- Williamsbridge/Baychester 112
Brooklyn
- Greenpoint/Williamsburg 201
- Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights 202
- Bedford Stuyvesant 203
- Bushwick 204
- East New York/Starrett City 205
- Park Slope/Carroll Gardens 206
- Sunset Park 207
- Crown Heights 208
- South Crown Heights/Prospect Hts 209
- Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights 210
- Bensonhurst 211
- Borough Park 212
- Coney Island 213
- Flatbush/Midwood 214
- Sheepshead Bay 215
- Brownsville 216
- East Flatbush 217
- Flatlands/Canarsie 218
Staten Island
Manhattan
- Financial District 301
- Greenwich Village/Soho 302
- Lower East Side/Chinatown 303
- Clinton/Chelsea 304
- Midtown 305
- Stuyvesant Town/Turtle Bay 306
- Upper West Side 307
- Upper East Side 308
- Morningside Heights/Hamilton 309
- Central Harlem 310
- East Harlem 311
- Washington Heights /Inwood 312
Queens
- Astoria 401
- Woodside/Sunnyside 402
- Jackson Heights 403
- Elmhurst/Corona 404
- Ridgewood/Maspeth 405
- Rego Park/Forest Hills 406
- Flushing/Whitestone 407
- Hillcrest/Fresh Meadows 408
- Ozone Park/Woodhaven 409
- S. Ozone Park/Howard Beach 410
- Bayside/Little Neck 411
- Jamaica/Hollis 412
- Queens Village 413
- Rockaway/Broad Channel 414
The data in the State of the City report are made available in full through our online data service, the New York City Housing and Neighborhood Information System (NYCHANIS).