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Just as New Yorkers are getting used to brand new additions to the city’s celebrated skyline like the 1,388-foot-tall colossus of the JPMorgan Chase Tower at 270 Park Avenue, numerous new additions are already on the drawing boards throughout the five boroughs. The numbers are in for new building permits filed for with the Department of Buildings in 2025, with a total of 1,972 new permits combining to 67.5 million square feet. These developments, which range from more skyline-altering supertalls to humble garages on the city outskirts, will provide a combined total of 57,352 residential and hotel units (predominantly residential), millions of square feet of commercial space, and 248 high-rise buildings with ten or more stories. Below we look in closer detail at the myriad additions the city’s architectural, construction, and development industries have in store for the Big Apple in the near future. The complete data sheet, with fine-grained details on every single project filed for during the year (including detailed info on the parties behind each individual development), is available with a subscription to YIMBY’s Building Wire.

As the summer draws to a close, New York YIMBY takes a look back at the state of the city’s construction and real estate industry over the course of the year’s first half. Our comprehensive 2025 New York City Mid-Year Construction Report tallied all new building permit submissions made to the city’s Department of Buildings over the course of the year’s first and second quarters, from January through June. During this time span, the city’s developers and architects filed a total of 945 new building permits, which combine to a proposed total of 27 million square feet and will offer 23,446 new residential and hotel units. Below we analyze the aggregated data via a series of charts and analyses that take a detailed look at building height, floor area, location, and other factors.

As New York City enters the second half of the 2020s, YIMBY commemorates five years of sharing detailed quarterly and annual statistics on new building permits filed with the Department of Buildings. Our 2025 Construction Report reveals that in 2024, the city’s developers filed 2,744 new building permits, which combine for a total of more than 71 million square feet. These structures will supply nearly 53,000 new residential and hotel units upon completion, as well as ample newly constructed space for commercial, institutional, and other uses. Below we take a close look at the aggregated data and delineate emergent trends and patterns in a series of analyses of building height, floor area, location, and more.

A City Council subcommittee on Thursday approved Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to build 80,000 new homes over the next 15 years, lowering the cost of rent for New Yorkers amid one of the worst housing crises in city history. Dubbed “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity,” the rezoning proposal aims to spur the creation of affordable housing in all five boroughs, along with upgrades to critical infrastructure. The approval by the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises and Committee on Land Use was secured following a $5 billion pledge from the city and state.

As temperatures begin to drop, New York City’s construction market shows no signs of cooling down. New York YIMBY’s construction report for the third quarter of 2024, based on permit filings submitted to the Department of Buildings during the three-month period from July through September, shows strong filing activity that indicates momentum is continuing from the preceding quarterly tallies. In the third quarter, New York’s developers filed permits for a total of 1,071 new buildings, measuring a combined 26.8 million square feet with 18,935 residential and hotel units. Below, we break the data down in a series of detailed analyses. A complete data sheet, with detailed information on each proposed development, is available with a subscription to YIMBY’s Building Wire.