Permit stats · Queens

New building permits in Queens: real approval times

New Building filings in Queens, measured across every DOB filing on record. These are the real numbers, not the published targets.

61,572
filings on record
71 days
median to approval
362 days
worst case (p90)
8.7%
of all filings disapproved
34.7%
professionally certified

Queens vs citywide, median days to approval

Queens
71d
NYC
67d
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Methodology: computed from DOB Job Application Filings (ic3t-wcy2) via NYC Open Data, refreshed with each data build. Median and p90 measure pre-filing date to approval on approved jobs. Full methodology on the Intelligence page.

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