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Total buildings designated
Identify and protect qualifying architectural, historical, cultural, and archaeological assets in all five boroughs. — Identify and designate eligible individual buildings, interiors, scenic landmarks, and historic districts as landmarks.
This indicator swings enormously because a single historic-district designation can add hundreds of buildings at once, while a year with only individual landmarks adds just a handful. FY25's total of 4 reflects a year with no historic districts designated, while the jump in FY26 lines up with LPC's designation, in November 2025, of the Beverley Square West and Ditmas Park West Historic Districts in Flatbush, Brooklyn -- which alone added 118 and 127 houses respectively -- on top of individual landmark designations elsewhere in the city.
Researched July 16, 2026 — NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, Fiscal 2025 Mayor's Management Report, Brownstoner, "Flatbush Gets Two New Historic Districts Following LPC Vote"
* Year to date — this fiscal year isn't complete, so it's not compared against prior years in the target/trend status above. The dashed marker projects a full-year estimate at the current year-to-date pace.
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| Fiscal year | Actual |
|---|---|
| FY22 | 147 buildings |
| FY23 | 81 buildings |
| FY24 | 164 buildings |
| FY25 | 4 buildings |
| FY26 (YTD) | 433 buildings |
| FY26 (projected) | ~577 buildings |
Why this is tracked
The original Penn Station, a Beaux-Arts landmark completed in 1910, was demolished starting in 1963 to make way for a new Madison Square Garden, and at the time there was no city agency with legal authority to prevent the loss of a building simply because of its historic or architectural value. The public outcry over its destruction directly led Mayor Robert Wagner to sign the Landmarks Law on April 15, 1965, creating the Landmarks Preservation Commission as the first city body empowered to formally designate and protect historic buildings, and helped spur similar preservation laws nationwide.
Penn Station and the Rise of Historic Preservation — MCNY Blog, Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) — Wikipedia
Source: LPC Research Department — via NYC Open Data: Mayor's Management Report, Agency Performance Indicators
Coverage shown: FY22–FY26, reported monthly.
Definition: The number of individually landmarked buildings and the total number of designated buildings within historic districts.