New construction in Midtown East
Since March 2021, builders in Midtown East have filed applications for 3 apartment buildings, 1 other new building and 12 major renovations, adding 3,648 units. 3 of the 4 new buildings have been approved so far. The latest was filed on Sep 11, 2026.
- Units
- 3,648
- Apartment buildings
- 3
- Houses
- 0
- Major renovations
- 12
- Tallest
- 36 stories
Largest projects
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219 East 42nd Street 481 units 30 stories · filed Jul 3, 2024 Photo via New York YIMBY: Pfizer HQ’s Residential Conversion, Expansion Progresses at 219-229 East 42nd Street in Midtown East, Manhattan -
In the news
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Pfizer HQ’s Residential Conversion, Expansion Progresses at 219-229 East 42nd Street in Midtown East, Manhattan New York YIMBY · Jun 4, 2026
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Beekman Tops Out At 401 East 51st Street in Turtle Bay, Manhattan New York YIMBY · May 13, 2026 -
Housing Lottery Launches for Anagram Turtle Bay at 300 East 50th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan New York YIMBY · Jul 4, 2025
All filings
20263 filings
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Conversion 24 units added 9 stories
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Conversion 25 units added 20 stories
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Apartment building 141 units 36 stories
20255 filings
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Conversion 398 units added 24 stories
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Conversion 450 units added 34 stories
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Conversion 133 units added 17 stories
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Conversion 337 units added 40 stories
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Conversion 417 units added 27 stories
20242 filings
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Conversion 927 units added 37 stories
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Conversion 481 units added 30 stories
20231 filing
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Apartment building 83 units 29 stories
20222 filings
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Conversion 17 units added 6 stories
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Conversion 15 units added 6 stories
20213 filings
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Apartment building 194 units 23 stories
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Enlargement 6 units added 6 stories
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New building 6 stories
Nearby neighborhoods
- Midtown 2,485 units · 18 projects 0.3 mi northwest
- Midtown West 3,042 units · 23 projects 1 mi northwest
- Murray Hill 1,333 units · 16 projects 1 mi southwest
- Garment District 1,556 units · 12 projects 1 mi west
- Upper East Side 2,571 units · 53 projects 1 mi northeast
- Hell's Kitchen 667 units · 13 projects 1 mi northwest
- Kips Bay 287 units · 6 projects 1 mi south
- Gramercy 309 units · 8 projects 1 mi southwest
How Midtown East ranks
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Manhattan neighborhoods 3rd of 30 for units
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New York City neighborhoods 17th of 210 for units
New-building and major-renovation filings with three or more units, three or more stories, or 5,000 square feet of work, from the Department of Buildings’ DOB NOW records on NYC Open Data. Neighborhoods follow the Department of Finance’s neighborhood for each tax block. Methodology