II. Permits Issued For Housing Units in New York City, 1960-96 Year Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Is. Total 1960 -- -- -- -- -- 46,792 1961 -- -- -- -- -- 70,606 1962 -- -- -- -- -- 70,686 1963 -- -- -- -- -- 49,898 1964 -- -- -- -- -- 20,594 1965 -- -- -- -- -- 25,715 1966 -- -- -- -- -- 23,142 1967 -- -- -- -- -- 22,174 1968 -- -- -- -- -- 22,062 1969 -- -- -- -- -- 17,031 1970 -- -- -- -- -- 22,365 1971 -- -- -- -- -- 32,254 1972 -- -- -- -- -- 36,061 1973 -- -- -- -- -- 22,417 1974 -- -- -- -- -- 15,743 1975 -- -- -- -- -- 3,810 1976 -- -- -- -- -- 5,435 1977 -- -- -- -- -- 7,639 1978 -- -- -- -- -- 11,096 1979 -- -- -- -- -- 14,524 1980 -- -- -- -- -- 7,800 1981 -- -- -- -- -- 11,060 1982 -- -- -- -- -- 7,649 1983 -- -- -- -- -- 11,795 1984 -- -- -- -- -- 11,566 1985 1,263 1,068 12,079 2,211 3,711 20,332 1986 920 1,278 1,622 2,180 3,782 9,782 1987 931 1,650 3,811 3,182 4,190 13,764 1988 967 1,629 2,460 2,506 2,335 9,897 1989 1,643 1,775 2,986 2,339 2,803 11,546 1990 1,182 1,634 2,398 704 940 6,858 1991 1,093 1,024 756 602 1,224 4,699 1992 1,257 646 373 351 1,255 3,882 1993 1,293 1,015 1,150 530 1,185 5,173 1994 846 911* 428 560 1,265 4,010* 1995 853 943 1,129 738 1,472 5,135 1996**42(204) 332(195) 141(110) 174(160) 412(269)1,101(938) * Number was revised upward by 800 units since last year’s Housing Supply Report. ** First three months of 1996. The number of permits issued in the first three months of 1995 is in parentheses. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Manufacturing and Construction Division, Building Permits Branch.