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Commercial Real Estate Information and
Land Use Facts
- One- and
Two-Family Residences
Low-density residences, the largest use of city land, are found mostly
in Staten Island, eastern Queens, southern Brooklyn, and northwest and
eastern Bronx.
- Multi-Family
Residences
Medium- to high-density residential buildings (three or more dwelling
units) contain more than two-thirds of the city's housing units but
occupy less than 12 percent of the city's total lot area. The highest
density residences are found mainly in Manhattan, and four- to
twelve-story apartment houses are common in many parts of the Bronx,
Brooklyn and Queens.
- Mixed
Residential and Commercial
This use is most often typified by apartment buildings with stores
and/or neighborhood services on the ground level. Mixed use buildings
with both offices and residences are also included, but less common.
- Commercial
Uses
These uses occupy only a fraction of the city’s land (less than four
percent), but they use space intensively. Most of the city’s 3.7 million
jobs are in commercial areas, ranging from the office towers of
Manhattan and the regional business districts of downtown Brooklyn, Long
Island City, Jamaica, and the Hub, to the local shopping corridors
throughout the city.
- Industrial
/ Manufacturing
Industrial uses, the warehouses and factories occupying four percent of
the city’s total lot area, are found primarily in the South Bronx. along
either side of Newtown Creek in Brooklyn and Queens, and along the
western shores of Brooklyn and Staten Island.
-
Transportation / Utility
Airports, ferry terminals, train yards, sewage treatment
facilities and power plants are among the city’s essential
infrastructure uses. JFK and LaGuardia airports alone occupy almost half
the land devoted to these uses.
- Public
Facilities and Institutions
Public facilities and institutions -- including schools, hospitals and
nursing homes, museums and performance centers, houses of worship,
police stations and fire houses, courts and detention centers, -- are
spread throughout the city and occupy seven percent of the city’s land.
- Open Space
and Recreation
Approximately one-quarter of the city’s lot area is occupied by public
parks, playgrounds and nature preserves, cemeteries, amusement areas,
beaches, stadiums and golf courses.
- Parking
Parking includes public and private off-street lots and free-standing
garages that are not accessory to residential or commercial buildings.
- Vacant Land
Approximately eight percent of the city’s land is classified as
vacant. Staten Island has the most vacant land with more than 5,300
acres, Manhattan the least with less than 400.
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