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Kings County, NY

Name: Building Permits — Kings County, NY
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 6,844
Construction valuation (2025): $1,186,054,508
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 25 · 2-unit 76 · 3-4 170 · 5+ 6,573

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	6,844	$1,186,054,508
2024	10,063	$1,543,749,328
2023	15,076	$2,435,122,693
2022	13,480	$2,174,103,845
2021	7,013	$812,039,131
2020	6,802	$753,530,222
2019	9,696	$1,260,894,176
2018	8,445	$1,108,153,259
2017	6,130	$822,800,247
2016	4,503	$619,961,649
2015	26,026	$3,219,703,271

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.