What’s New
The living changelog of YIMBY+ — platform news, model releases, building-data changes and record merges.
New in YIMBY+
The New York timelapse now starts from the low-rise fabric that stood before today's buildings: thousands of generated infill blocks fill each lot from 1875 and step aside exactly when their real replacement arrives. They are scenery with a lifespan, not tracked buildings, so they never appear in counts, cards, or model updates.
Step back through whole releases of the 3D city and see which models were added or updated in each one, with before-and-after views of updated buildings.
A new panel in the 3D city lists what changed in each release: added and updated buildings with thumbnails, a before-and-after view for updated models, and a light-up mode that highlights the changes on the skyline. A New badge on the city toggle and a dot in the sidebar show when a release landed since your last visit.
A single place to follow changes across YIMBY+: new and updated project data, record merges and deep links to every project involved. Platform news like this entry lands here too, in a running product-updates log, so you always know what shipped.
New York model changes
City release · Current
Current1 model touch-up — small refinements, no silhouette change.
11 records updated metadata only (dates, anchors, labels) — the models themselves are unchanged.
Alongside this release: 1036 duplicate corpus records were merged into their surviving buildings.
City release · Aug 31
27 model touch-ups — small refinements, no silhouette change.
8 records updated metadata only (dates, anchors, labels) — the models themselves are unchanged.
City release · Aug 29
44 model touch-ups — small refinements, no silhouette change.
City release · Aug 28
2 model touch-ups (1 re-keyed) — small refinements, no silhouette change.
City release · Aug 26
1 record updated metadata only (dates, anchors, labels) — the models themselves are unchanged.
City release · Aug 6
Model changes appear here release by release from this point forward.
Data changesthrough Sep 23 (ET)
Unit count decreased from 781 to 780
Exchange Place
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Downtown Brooklyn
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Midtown East
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Crotona
Year to be completed increased from 2027 to 2032
Midtown West
New project tracked — 3 facts recorded
Greenpoint
New project tracked — 2 facts recorded
Greenpoint
New project tracked — 1 fact recorded
Greenpoint
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Greenpoint
Year to be completed set to 2023
Greenpoint
Height increased from 30 to 850
Midtown
New project tracked — 4 facts recorded
Greenwood Heights
Year to be completed set to 2025
Woodside
Affordable units set to 13
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
East New York
Year to be completed set to 2029
Midtown East
New project tracked — 6 facts recorded
Forrest Hills
Year to be completed set to 2029
Chelsea
New project tracked — 6 facts recorded
Bushwick
Year to be completed set to 2029
Brooklyn Heights
Year to be completed set to 2026
Midtown East
New project tracked — 4 facts recorded
West Farms
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Williamsbridge
New project tracked — 4 facts recorded
Unit count increased from 12 to 145
University Heights
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Jamaica
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Belmont
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Total square footage decreased from 180,000 to 126,000
Upper East Side
New project tracked — 6 facts recorded
Bayside
Affordable units decreased from 112 to 44
Hell's Kitchen
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Borough Park
Year to be completed increased from 2023 to 2027
Financial District
Project cost increased from $19,000,000 to $36,700,000
Four Corners
New project tracked — 2 facts recorded
Crown Heights
New project tracked — 7 facts recorded
Brooklyn Heights
New project tracked — 4 facts recorded
Brooklyn Heights
New project tracked — 4 facts recorded
Brooklyn Heights
Unit count decreased from 38 to 24
Astoria
New project tracked — 7 facts recorded
Jewel Streets
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
East Orange Transit Village District
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Astoria
New project tracked — 7 facts recorded
Long Island City
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Midtown East
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
The Bronx
New project tracked — 4 facts recorded
Bushwick
Year to be completed set to 2026
Financial District
Year to be completed increased from 2023 to 2027
Midtown West
Year to be completed increased from 2025 to 2029
Morris Heights
New project tracked — 4 facts recorded
Astoria
Project cost set to $31,000,000
Downtown Brooklyn
New project tracked — 6 facts recorded
Gravesend
Affordable units decreased from 11 to 4
Melrose
New project tracked — 5 facts recorded
Wakefield
Year to be completed increased from 2026 to 2027
Soho
Affordable units set to 24
Coney Island
Unit count decreased from 21 to 16
East Flatbush
New project tracked — 7 facts recorded
Gramercy Park
Floors increased from 5 to 6
East Williamsburg
New project tracked — 3 facts recorded
East Williamsburg