Inwood Lagged Behind Rest Of Manhattan In New Housing Last Decade

INWOOD, NY — Inwood added new housing from 2010 to 2020 at nearly a quarter the overall rate seen in Manhattan during the same period, according to the latest census data.

In the 10-year span, the total housing units in Manhattan's uptown neighborhood went from 15,420 to 15,712. It is an increase of 292 new apartments or a jump of roughly 2 percent.

The figure in Inwood significantly trails the overall percent housing increase seen in the rest of Manhattan during the decade.

On a borough-wide scope — Manhattan's total housing units went from 847,090 to 913,926 — an increase of 7.9 percent.

As a neighborhood, Inwood trailed every borough's overall housing increases from 2010 to 2020.

Increase In Total Housing From 2010-2020

• Bronx: +6.9 percent
• Brooklyn: +7.7 percent
• Manhattan: +7.9 percent
• Queens: +7.3 percent
• Staten Island: +4.0 percent

Inwood even trailed neighborhoods like Greenwich Village in new housing creation, which is considered one of the most difficult communities in the borough to add housing due to its disproportionately high number of landmarked buildings and historic districts.

Greenwich Village's overall housing numbers went up 3.35 percent from 2010 to 2020.

The legal battle and uncertainty around the mayor's Inwood rezoning plan is the most commonly used explanation for the lack of housing created recently in the neighborhood.

However, since the controversial rezoning was given the final green light earlier this year, a number of housing projects have been kickstarted in the neighborhood in the past few months.

Those projects include the 14-story development at 4790 Broadway, named The Eliza, that will house the new Inwood library and affordable housing units. Additionally, the demolition of a long-vacant garage at 4650 Broadway will clear the way for a $190 million mixed-use development with 30 percent of units classified as affordable.

Looking at other housing figures in the neighborhood, Inwood's occupied units went up by 400 during the decade and the number of vacant apartments in the neighborhood actually decreased by 108.

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