NYC Housing Unit Change by Neighborhood Tabulation Area Since 2010

Since 2010, this dataset tracks the net change in housing units from new construction, demolitions, and alterations for New York City's Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs). It is aggregated from the NYC Department of City Planning's Housing Database, which is derived from Department of Buildings-approved jobs. The current version is 25q4, with all previous versions available on the DCP website.

Use Cases

• Modeling neighborhood housing supply growth based on net unit change calculations.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of residential construction and demolition activity.
• Forecasting housing unit availability using data on units pending completion.
• Assessing the impact of building permits and certificates of occupancy on housing stock.

Strengths

• Provides net change calculations for housing units since a defined baseline year of 2010.
• Aggregated from an official city source, the NYC Department of City Planning's Housing Database.
• Covers multiple geographic boundaries including NTAs, Community Districts, and City Council Districts as indicated by platform tags.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source agency's reporting.

Provenance

Source

NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) Housing Database, derived from Department of Buildings (DOB)-approved jobs.

Collection Method

Aggregated from approved housing construction and demolition jobs filed or completed since January 1, 2010.

Time Range

Since 2010

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:56:51.832113; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, aggregated to Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) and other political/statistical boundaries.