This New York apartment FAQ answers the practical, recurring questions renters ask most: how many buildings the directory covers, how old and how tall New York’s apartment buildings are, who owns or manages them, how New York security deposits work, what “no-fee” actually means, and how to sanity-check a building before booking a tour. Several answers below are pulled directly from NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com’s own directory of New York City apartment buildings. Updated October 2026.
New York Apartment FAQ: The Short Answers
These are the figures renters ask for most often in this New York apartment FAQ, calculated from the NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com directory and current as of October 2026, counted across all 247 buildings:
- Buildings tracked: 247, with 123,248 apartments, across 48 neighborhoods in four boroughs: Manhattan (171), Brooklyn (44), Queens (27) and the Bronx (5).
- Median building size: 375 apartments; the largest has 8,757.
- Median year built: 2008; 84 buildings date from 2015 or later.
- Median height: 31 floors; the tallest building listed has 76.
- Owner or manager recorded: 244 of 247 buildings; a public source is linked for all 247.
- Rent and availability: not published anywhere in the directory.
Every figure is recalculated from the live directory, so the answers in this New York apartment FAQ are dated and change as buildings are updated. The full New York apartment building data page shows the directory broken out by borough and neighborhood.
New York Apartment FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
The questions in this New York apartment FAQ are grouped below as simple question-and-answer pairs for quick reference.
How many New York apartment buildings are listed on NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com?
NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com’s directory currently includes 247 New York City apartment buildings with 123,248 apartments between them, with one permanent page per building. It is a free-to-browse index of large rental apartment buildings, organized by borough and then by neighborhood: Manhattan has 171 buildings, Brooklyn 44, Queens 27 and the Bronx 5; there are no Staten Island buildings. Buildings range from 84 apartments to 8,757, and the median building has 375. The index is not finished, and the total is recalculated as buildings are added, updated, or removed from the directory. The count for each borough and neighborhood, with building age and height, is in New York Apartment Building Data.
How old are the apartment buildings in the New York directory?
Mostly built since 2000. Year built is recorded for all 247 buildings in the NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com directory, and the median year built is 2008. 84 buildings date from 2015 or later, 85 from 2000 to 2014, 40 from 1980 to 1999, and 38 from before 1980. The oldest is 71 Broadway Apartments in the Financial District, built in 1898; the newest carry 2026. By borough, Manhattan has the oldest stock (median 2001); the median is 2017.5 in Brooklyn, 2017 in Queens and 2021 in the Bronx.
How tall are New York apartment buildings?
Most are tall. Floor count is recorded for all 247 buildings, and the median is 31 floors: 243 buildings have ten floors or more, 75 reach forty or more, and only 4 have fewer than ten. The tallest building listed is 8 Spruce Street in the Financial District, at 76 floors. By borough, the median is 30 floors in Manhattan, 32.5 in Brooklyn, 32 in Queens and 25 in the Bronx.
How many apartments does a typical New York apartment building have?
The median building in the NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com directory has 375 apartments, and the 247 buildings hold 123,248 apartments in total. Sizes vary widely: 73 buildings have 500 apartments or more, 14 of them 1,000 or more, while 14 have fewer than 150. The largest is StuyTown, with 8,757 apartments; the smallest, The Marlowe, has 84. The largest apartment buildings in New York City page lists the biggest by apartment count.
What building facts does NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com track for each listing?
Every listing on NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com records six facts: the building’s name, street address, number of apartments, year built, floor count, and the company that owns or manages it, along with its borough and neighborhood. Apartment count, year built and floor count are recorded for all 247 buildings, and owner or manager for 244. Each listing links the public source its figures were taken from. The directory does not record building amenities or transit, so confirm pets, parking, laundry, air conditioning and fitness facilities with the building’s leasing office. Facts are compiled from a public source rather than estimated; a figure that could not be confirmed is left empty.
Which companies own or manage the most buildings in the directory?
Counted by how often each name appears in the directory’s owner/manager field, the most frequent names, with the number of buildings each appears on, are Related Companies (31), Glenwood Management (27), Equity Residential (22), TF Cornerstone (17), The Brodsky Organization (17), AvalonBay Communities (12), Rockrose Development (12) and Brookfield Properties (11). The field names 61 different companies across 244 buildings. These are simple counts of what the directory records, not a ranking or a recommendation; the full table is on the New York apartment building data page.
How do security deposits work in New York?
The New York Attorney General’s Residential Tenants’ Rights Guide says a security deposit is limited to no more than one month’s rent, and that the landlord must return it within 14 days of the tenant moving out; if the landlord keeps any of it for damage, it must provide an itemized receipt describing the damage and its cost. Under New York General Obligations Law § 7-108, a landlord who does not provide that itemized statement within fourteen days forfeits any right to keep any portion of the deposit, and no amount may be kept for ordinary wear and tear. The law also gives tenants the right to request an inspection before moving out. The Attorney General’s guide notes that the 14-day rules apply to tenants in non-rent-regulated units; tenants in rent-regulated units should check the guide for the rules that apply to them.
What is a “no-fee” apartment?
A “no-fee” apartment is one where the renter doesn’t pay a broker fee to secure the lease. In New York City, the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act, which took effect on June 11, 2025, prohibits brokers who represent landlords from charging broker fees to tenants, and requires landlords to disclose all fees a tenant must pay before a rental agreement is signed, according to the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Tenants may still choose to hire their own broker and pay that broker’s fee. Confirm a specific building’s fees with the leasing office before applying.
How is the data on NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com sourced and kept current?
NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com compiles each building’s facts from a public source rather than estimating them, and links that source on the building’s own page so the figure can be checked. Where a figure could not be confirmed, the field is left empty. Aggregate statistics, such as building counts, median age and median height, are recalculated from the live directory as buildings are added or updated, and are dated so renters and researchers know how current the figures are.
What’s a practical way to compare New York apartment buildings before touring one?
Reviewing a building’s own listing page, covering its address, number of apartments, year built, floor count, owner or manager, borough and neighborhood, is a practical way to screen a New York apartment building before scheduling a tour. NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com publishes this structured data on every listing page, with a link to the public source, so renters can check the facts that matter to them ahead of time rather than relying on a phone call or a generic listing description. Match a building by its street address.
Does NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com list rents or availability?
No. The directory publishes building facts only: it carries no rent figures, no unit availability, no specials, fees or lease terms, no paid placement, and no reviews or rankings of buildings. Inclusion in the index is not a recommendation. That is a deliberate choice rather than a gap. Rent and availability for a specific unit change faster than a directory can honestly keep up with, so the site records what stays true about a building and leaves pricing to the leasing office. Confirm current rent and what is actually vacant with the building directly.
What does a blank field on a building listing mean?
A blank field means the figure could not be confirmed from a public source, not that the building lacks it. The owner or manager field, for example, is empty for 3 of the 247 buildings because no name has been confirmed yet. Corrections can be sent through the contact page.
Which New York neighborhoods does the directory cover?
The directory organizes its buildings by borough first, then into 48 neighborhoods: Manhattan (29): Hell’s Kitchen, Upper West Side, Financial District, Chelsea, Lincoln Square, Hudson Yards, Battery Park City, Midtown East, Carnegie Hill, Roosevelt Island, Yorkville, Kips Bay, Theater District, Tribeca, Upper East Side, East Harlem, Garment District, West Village, Lower East Side, Morningside Heights, Murray Hill, NoMad, Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, Civic Center, East Village, Harlem, Hudson Square, Inwood and Union Square; Brooklyn (10): Downtown Brooklyn, Prospect Heights, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Gowanus, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Flatbush and Sheepshead Bay; Queens (6): Hunters Point, Court Square, Dutch Kills, Old Astoria, Halletts Point and Ravenswood; Bronx (3): Mott Haven, Highbridge and Riverdale. Many neighborhoods hold only a few buildings, and 14 hold just one; a building’s street address is the precise reference. Hell’s Kitchen holds the most buildings (22). Building counts for each borough and neighborhood are on the New York apartment building data page.
Can someone help me search for a New York apartment?
Not through this site. NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com is a free directory maintained by ChicagoRealEstate.ai; it has no broker and offers no apartment-locator service, so no one here will search on your behalf or take a fee. What an apartment locator does explains how that arrangement usually works if you choose to hire help elsewhere. In New York, real estate brokers and salespersons are licensed by the New York Department of State, and a licensee can be checked with the Department’s Licensee Search.
What This New York Apartment FAQ Does Not Cover
So the answers above are not read for more than they say: this New York apartment FAQ publishes no rent figures and no unit availability, does not review, rate or rank buildings or the companies that own or manage them, and does not give legal advice. The building figures describe what the directory records for each building and carry the date they were calculated, so a figure can move as buildings are updated. For tenant rights questions, New York General Obligations Law § 7-108 and the New York Attorney General’s Residential Tenants’ Rights Guide, linked below, are the authoritative sources.
This New York apartment FAQ reflects NewYorkApartmentBuildings.com’s own directory data as of October 2026 and general apartment-hunting practices; it is not legal advice. Figures drawn from the directory are recalculated as buildings are added, updated, or removed; see the New York Apartment Building Data page for the breakdown by borough and neighborhood, and check back as this New York apartment FAQ is updated. For official New York renter and landlord rules, including security deposits, see New York General Obligations Law § 7-108 and the New York Attorney General’s Residential Tenants’ Rights Guide; for New York City broker fees, see the FARE Act guidance from the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.