UES Added Net 148 Housing Units In 2022: Data

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island gained 148 more housing units than it lost last year, as New York City continued to face a housing crisis, city data show.

A new interactive map helps New Yorkers keep track of the city's housing stock — and in Community Board 8, the numbers reflect an uptick that outpaces many of its neighbors.

The neighborhood sped has seen a drop in recent years. In 2021, Community Board 8 added a net 162 housing units, and in 2020, the area gained 329 more units than it lost, city data show.

In 2019, though, the area lost a net 11 units.

From 2010 to 2022, Community Board 8 gained a net 1,050 units.

Elsewhere in the city, the numbers tell a less promising story. Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village has not gained or lost housing since 2016.

Farther west, the West Village and Hell's Kitchen both saw net losses in housing stock, as did parts of the Upper West Side.

The West Harlem and Hamilton Heights area saw an increase of only 10 units in 2022.

Chelsea and Hudson Yards saw the biggest increase in housing stock in 2022, gaining a net 2,328 units, city data show. From 2010 to 2022, this region saw the addition of 10,122 net units.

The data, documented by the Planning department, includes all construction and demolition jobs registered with the city. New units include new buildings and major alterations that reopen units to New Yorkers.

The interactive map breaks down housing by Community Board district, City Council district and neighborhoodNew York City has long faced a housing shortage.

"Our housing shortage remains very acute," said Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer last week.

On Thursday, The City reported that over the last 70-plus years, conversions of multi-family properties into single-family homes has cost New York City a huge number of units.

Mayor Eric Adams in 2022 pledged to add 500,000 new homes to the city's skyline over the next decade. And on Aug. 17, he announced plans to convert unused office spaces into housing.

"Every elected in this city, the number one thing they hear is housing, housing, housing," Adams said on Aug. 17. "The volume of units we have is just not reaching the population."