In one sentence a reporter can quote: New York City’s residential evictions have fully returned to pre-pandemic levels — 14,879 executed in 2025 versus 14,735 in 2019 — after the COVID moratorium cut them to just 120 in all of 2021.
Key Findings (2017–2026 data)
- 100,732 residential evictions have been executed by city marshals since 2017.
- Evictions collapsed 99% under the moratorium — from 14,735 in 2019 to 120 in 2021 — then climbed back to 14,879 in 2025, essentially matching the pre-pandemic baseline.
- Citywide evictions rose +15.1% from 2024 (12,928) to 2025 (14,879).
- The Bronx leads every borough — 5,067 evictions in 2025 — and is climbing fastest: +26.6% year-over-year, roughly double the citywide rate.
- At the neighborhood level the concentration is starker still: the four highest-eviction neighborhoods citywide are all in the Bronx (Fordham, Highbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, and Soundview), led by Fordham (672 in 2025). The single fastest-rising neighborhood was Forest Hills, Queens (+72%).
- Per unit, the concentration is even starker: all 15 buildings with the highest eviction rates citywide are in the Bronx (bar one in Brownsville). At the top, 2390 Creston Avenue in Fordham has seen 18 evictions across just 20 units since 2017 — nearly one per apartment.
- 2026 is on a similar pace: 6,977 executed through mid-year.
Evictions by year — the moratorium and the rebound
| Year | Executed evictions |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 14,735 |
| 2020 | 2,672 |
| 2021 | 120 |
| 2022 | 3,445 |
| 2023 | 10,247 |
| 2024 | 12,928 |
| 2025 | 14,879 |
| 2026 (partial, through mid-year) | 6,977 |
The story in three numbers: 14,735 → 120 → 14,879. The statewide eviction moratorium (in effect through January 2022) took residential evictions to near zero, and they have now returned to exactly where they were before the pandemic.
Evictions by borough (2025)
| Borough | 2025 | 2024 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronx | 5,067 | 4,001 | +26.6% |
| Brooklyn | 3,833 | 3,495 | +9.7% |
| Queens | 3,102 | 2,630 | +17.9% |
| Manhattan | 2,364 | 2,292 | +3.1% |
| Staten Island | 513 | 510 | +0.6% |
The Bronx accounts for 34% of all 2025 evictions despite being only the fourth-largest borough by population — the clearest signal in the data that the rebound is not evenly distributed.
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Zooming in from boroughs to neighborhoods sharpens the picture: the eviction rebound is concentrated in a handful of Bronx neighborhoods. The four highest-eviction neighborhoods citywide are all in the Bronx — and five of the ten highest are.
| Neighborhood | Borough | 2025 | 2024 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham | Bronx | 672 | 512 | +31.3% |
| Highbridge | Bronx | 668 | 552 | +21.0% |
| Kingsbridge Heights | Bronx | 665 | 478 | +39.1% |
| Soundview | Bronx | 532 | 377 | +41.1% |
| Jamaica | Queens | 525 | 461 | +13.9% |
| East Flatbush | Brooklyn | 505 | 519 | −2.7% |
| Harlem | Manhattan | 491 | 429 | +14.5% |
| Washington Heights | Manhattan | 483 | 549 | −12.0% |
| Williamsbridge | Bronx | 469 | 372 | +26.1% |
| East New York | Brooklyn | 463 | 470 | −1.5% |
Not every high-eviction neighborhood is rising, though: Washington Heights (−12.0%), East New York (−1.5%), and East Flatbush (−2.7%) all saw fewer evictions in 2025 even as the city overall climbed 15%.
Where evictions rose — and fell — the fastest (2024 → 2025)
Among neighborhoods with a meaningful base (≥100 evictions in 2024), these moved the most year-over-year:
Rose the fastest
| Neighborhood | Borough | 2024 → 2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hills | Queens | 104 → 179 | +72.1% |
| Soundview | Bronx | 377 → 532 | +41.1% |
| Kingsbridge Heights | Bronx | 478 → 665 | +39.1% |
| Crown Heights | Brooklyn | 180 → 242 | +34.4% |
| Ridgewood | Queens | 127 → 168 | +32.3% |
Fell the fastest
| Neighborhood | Borough | 2024 → 2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheepshead Bay | Brooklyn | 147 → 120 | −18.4% |
| Washington Heights | Manhattan | 549 → 483 | −12.0% |
| Bushwick | Brooklyn | 192 → 170 | −11.5% |
| East Flatbush | Brooklyn | 519 → 505 | −2.7% |
| Upper East Side | Manhattan | 140 → 137 | −2.1% |
Most neighborhoods rose with the citywide tide; only a minority fell — Washington Heights the largest among them. The steepest single-year jump was in Forest Hills, Queens, where evictions grew 72% off a smaller base; the sharpest drop was in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
Buildings with the highest eviction rates (per 100 units, 2017–present)
Raw eviction counts just track building size — the biggest totals belong to the city’s largest complexes (Parkchester’s Metropolitan Oval addresses, the Co-op City area). Normalizing by unit count reveals where evictions are actually concentrated: smaller Bronx buildings with extreme turnover. Every building below is in the Bronx except one in Brownsville. Rate = evictions per 100 residential units, cumulative since 2017 (buildings with ≥20 units and ≥15 evictions).
| Building | Neighborhood | Evictions / units | Per 100 units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2390 Creston Avenue | Fordham | 18 / 20 | 90.0 |
| 3764 Bronx Boulevard | Williamsbridge | 47 / 60 | 78.3 |
| 2110 Arthur Avenue | Belmont | 20 / 27 | 74.1 |
| 4769 White Plains Road | Williamsbridge | 41 / 62 | 66.1 |
| 1253 Franklin Avenue | Morrisania | 24 / 37 | 64.9 |
| 2342 Atlantic Avenue | Brownsville (Bklyn) | 15 / 24 | 62.5 |
| 58 East 190 Street | Kingsbridge Heights | 25 / 42 | 59.5 |
| 2726 Decatur Avenue | Kingsbridge Heights | 18 / 31 | 58.1 |
(By raw count, the largest totals are 16 Richman Plaza in the Bronx (360) and the Metropolitan Oval complex in Parkchester — but those are among the biggest residential buildings in the city.)
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Methodology
Executed residential evictions are sourced from NYC Open Data (Marshals’ evictions, dataset
6z8x-wfk4), covering evictions carried out by city marshals since 2017, keyed to each building’s
BBL. Counts reflect executed evictions (a marshal carried out the warrant), not filings.
Borough, neighborhood, and building breakdowns are computed directly from the evictions table in
311tracker’s database. Cite as: “According to 311tracker.com, [stat].”
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