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Queens County, NY

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
3,395
Construction valuation (2025)
$603,641,085
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 52 · 2-unit 282 · 3-4 69 · 5+ 2,992

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20253,395$603,641,085
20245,302$827,122,553
20237,931$1,292,880,581
20227,129$1,142,289,044
20214,087$486,448,063
20205,840$715,879,151
20195,137$684,529,241
20184,577$616,634,424
20175,104$690,157,252
20162,849$403,536,168
201512,667$1,586,010,076

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.