State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2021

The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods report, published annually by the NYU Furman Center, provides a compendium of data and analysis about New York City’s housing, land use, demographics, and quality of life for each borough and each of the city’s 59 community districts.

The report is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors.

This year’s report includes the following:

2021 Focus on the Geography of New Housing

This year’s Focus explores the geography of new market-rate and income-restricted multifamily housing built over the last decade. It examines the number of completed market-rate and income-restricted units, as well as the level of income targeting, and the form of subsidy the units received. It also analyzes the characteristics of the neighborhoods where income-restricted and market-rate units were built, considers the relationship between new development and rezonings, and explores the extent to which new units were built in the floodplain.

Citywide Analysis

This section provides a broad, longitudinal analysis of New York City’s housing and neighborhoods. The chapter is divided into three parts: New Yorkers and neighborhoods; renters and their homes; and homeowners and their homes.

Citywide Data and Neighborhood Data Profiles

These sections provide current and historical statistics for housing, neighborhood, and socioeconomic indicators for New York City and all its boroughs and community districts.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful for the New York City Council's support of CoreData.nyc.

The NYU Furman Center would like to thank the following people, whose leadership, advice, and support are invaluable:

Andrew Hamilton
President
New York University

Sherry A. Glied
Dean
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service,
New York University

Trevor Morrison
Dean
New York University School of Law

The NYU Furman Center Board of Advisors