Project-Based Section 8 by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Project-Based Section 8 across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Spring Creek-Starrett City (37.7%). Lowest: Park Slope (0%). New York City avg: 1.7%. Data: 2025.
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Project-Based Section 8 (% of housing units) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2025

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2025 HUD Picture of Subsidized Households release.

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New York City citywide · Project-Based Section 8 (% of housing units) 1.7%
Highest neighborhood Spring Creek-Starrett City: 37.7%
Lowest neighborhood Park Slope: 0%

Note: Shows HUD-assisted units as a share of all housing units and excludes Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties.

Universe: Total housing units · Geography: Census Tract · Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households, 2025 (administrative data)

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 0% Median 0% 75th pct 2% Max 38%

Neighborhood ranking: Project-Based Section 8 (% of housing units) (2025)

#1 Spring Creek-Starrett City 37.7%+36 pts
#2 West Farms 24.3%+22.6 pts
#3 Longwood 17.1%+15.4 pts
#4 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 16.4%+14.7 pts
#5 Crotona Park East 14.5%+12.8 pts
#6 Hunts Point 13.5%+11.8 pts
#7 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 9.3%+7.6 pts
#8 Brownsville 8.5%+6.8 pts
#9 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 8.3%+6.6 pts
#10 Melrose 7.9%+6.2 pts
#11 East Harlem (North) 7%+5.3 pts
#12 Belmont 6.8%+5.1 pts
#13 Soundview-Clason Point 6.8%+5.1 pts
#14 Harlem (South) 6.7%+4.9 pts
#15 Highbridge 6.6%+4.8 pts
#16 Hell's Kitchen 5.7%+4 pts
#17 East New York (North) 5.7%+4 pts
#18 Mott Haven-Port Morris 5.5%+3.8 pts
#19 East Harlem (South) 5.3%+3.6 pts
#20 Concourse-Concourse Village 5.3%+3.6 pts
#21 Lower East Side 4.7%+3 pts
#22 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 4.7%+3 pts
#23 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 4.5%+2.8 pts
#24 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 4.2%+2.4 pts
#25 South Williamsburg 4.1%+2.4 pts
#26 Harlem (North) 3.9%+2.1 pts
#27 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 3.8%+2.1 pts
#28 Manhattanville-West Harlem 3.6%+1.9 pts
#29 Crown Heights (North) 3.5%+1.8 pts
#30 Tremont 3.4%+1.7 pts
#31 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 3.4%+1.7 pts
#32 St. George-New Brighton 3.3%+1.6 pts
#33 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 3.1%+1.4 pts
#34 Chinatown-Two Bridges 3.1%+1.4 pts
#35 Sunset Park (West) 3%+1.3 pts
#36 Crown Heights (South) 3%+1.3 pts
#37 Morrisania 3%+1.3 pts
#38 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 2.9%+1.2 pts
#39 South Jamaica 2.9%+1.2 pts
#40 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 2.6%+0.9 pts
#41 East Village 2.4%+0.7 pts
#42 Corona 2.4%+0.7 pts
#43 East Williamsburg 2.2%+0.5 pts
#44 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 2.1%+0.4 pts
#45 Brighton Beach 2.1%+0.4 pts
#46 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 2%+0.3 pts
#47 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 1.9%+0.2 pts
#48 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 1.8%+0 pts
#49 Coney Island-Sea Gate 1.7%-0 pts
#50 Sunset Park (Central) 1.6%-0.1 pts
#51 Clinton Hill 1.6%-0.1 pts
#52 Bay Ridge 1.6%-0.1 pts
#53 Inwood 1.6%-0.1 pts
#54 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 1.6%-0.1 pts
#55 Morningside Heights 1.6%-0.2 pts
#56 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 1.6%-0.2 pts
#57 Baisley Park 1.5%-0.3 pts
#58 Allerton 1.4%-0.3 pts
#59 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 1.4%-0.3 pts
#60 Gravesend (South) 1.4%-0.4 pts
#61 Brooklyn Heights 1.3%-0.4 pts
#62 Bay Terrace-Clearview 1.3%-0.4 pts
#63 Midtown-Times Square 1.3%-0.4 pts
#64 Washington Heights (South) 1.3%-0.4 pts
#65 Williamsburg 1.2%-0.5 pts
#66 Astoria (Central) 1.2%-0.5 pts
#67 Fort Greene 1.1%-0.6 pts
#68 Bushwick (East) 1.1%-0.6 pts
#69 Bushwick (West) 1.1%-0.7 pts
#70 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 1.1%-0.7 pts
#71 Ocean Hill 1%-0.7 pts
#72 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 1%-0.7 pts
#73 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 1%-0.7 pts
#74 East New York-New Lots 1%-0.7 pts
#75 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 1%-0.8 pts
#76 University Heights (North)-Fordham 0.9%-0.8 pts
#77 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 0.9%-0.8 pts
#78 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 0.9%-0.8 pts
#79 Financial District-Battery Park City 0.8%-0.9 pts
#80 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 0.8%-0.9 pts
#81 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 0.8%-1 pts
#82 St. Albans 0.8%-1 pts
#83 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 0.7%-1 pts
#84 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 0.7%-1 pts
#85 Tribeca-Civic Center 0.7%-1 pts
#86 Flushing-Willets Point 0.7%-1 pts
#87 Washington Heights (North) 0.6%-1.1 pts
#88 Midwood 0.6%-1.1 pts
#89 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 0.6%-1.1 pts
#90 Castle Hill-Unionport 0.6%-1.2 pts
#91 Co-op City 0.5%-1.2 pts
#92 Upper West Side (Central) 0.5%-1.2 pts
#93 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 0.5%-1.2 pts
#94 East Elmhurst 0.5%-1.2 pts
#95 East Flatbush-Erasmus 0.5%-1.2 pts
#96 Fordham Heights 0.5%-1.2 pts
#97 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 0.5%-1.3 pts
#98 Upper East Side-Yorkville 0.4%-1.3 pts
#99 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 0.4%-1.3 pts
#100 Prospect Heights 0.4%-1.3 pts
#101 Jamaica 0.4%-1.3 pts
#102 Bedford Park 0.4%-1.3 pts
#103 Woodside 0.4%-1.3 pts
#104 Williamsbridge-Olinville 0.4%-1.4 pts
#105 New Dorp-Midland Beach 0.4%-1.4 pts
#106 West Village 0.3%-1.4 pts
#107 Flatbush 0.3%-1.4 pts
#108 Mount Hope 0.3%-1.5 pts
#109 Borough Park 0.2%-1.5 pts
#110 Bensonhurst 0.2%-1.5 pts
#111 Greenpoint 0.2%-1.5 pts
#112 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 0.2%-1.5 pts
#113 Westchester Square 0.1%-1.6 pts
#114 Pelham Gardens 0.1%-1.6 pts
#115 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 0.1%-1.6 pts
#116 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 0.1%-1.6 pts
#117 Port Richmond 0.1%-1.6 pts
#118 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 0.1%-1.7 pts
#119 Greenwich Village 0.1%-1.7 pts
#120 Norwood 0.1%-1.7 pts
#121 Kensington 0.1%-1.7 pts
#122 Parkchester 0%-1.7 pts
#123 East Flatbush-Rugby 0%-1.7 pts
#124 Flatlands 0%-1.7 pts
#125 Wakefield-Woodlawn 0%-1.7 pts
#126 Richmond Hill 0%-1.7 pts
#127 Ozone Park (North) 0%-1.7 pts
#128 Queens Village 0%-1.7 pts
#129 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 0%-1.7 pts
#130 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 0%-1.7 pts
#131 Oakwood-Richmondtown 0%-1.7 pts
#132 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 0%-1.7 pts
#133 Cypress Hills 0%-1.7 pts
#134 East New York-City Line 0%-1.7 pts
#135 Dyker Heights 0%-1.7 pts
#136 Gravesend (West) 0%-1.7 pts
#137 Madison 0%-1.7 pts
#138 Canarsie 0%-1.7 pts
#139 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 0%-1.7 pts
#140 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 0%-1.7 pts
#141 Morris Park 0%-1.7 pts
#142 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 0%-1.7 pts
#143 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 0%-1.7 pts
#144 Jackson Heights 0%-1.7 pts
#145 North Corona 0%-1.7 pts
#146 Elmhurst 0%-1.7 pts
#147 Middle Village 0%-1.7 pts
#148 Rego Park 0%-1.7 pts
#149 College Point 0%-1.7 pts
#150 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 0%-1.7 pts
#151 East Flushing 0%-1.7 pts
#152 Ozone Park 0%-1.7 pts
#153 Hollis 0%-1.7 pts
#154 Rosedale 0%-1.7 pts
#155 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 0%-1.7 pts
#156 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 0%-1.7 pts
#157 Park Slope 0%-1.7 pts
#158 Bath Beach 0%-1.7 pts
#159 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 0%-1.7 pts
#160 East Flatbush-Farragut 0%-1.7 pts
#161 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 0%-1.7 pts
#162 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 0%-1.7 pts
#163 Gramercy 0%-1.7 pts
#164 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 0%-1.7 pts
#165 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 0%-1.7 pts
#166 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 0%-1.7 pts
#167 Long Island City-Hunters Point 0%-1.7 pts
#168 Sunnyside 0%-1.7 pts
#169 Maspeth 0%-1.7 pts
#170 Ridgewood 0%-1.7 pts
#171 Glendale 0%-1.7 pts
#172 Forest Hills 0%-1.7 pts
#173 Whitestone-Beechhurst 0%-1.7 pts
#174 Queensboro Hill 0%-1.7 pts
#175 Kew Gardens Hills 0%-1.7 pts
#176 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 0%-1.7 pts
#177 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 0%-1.7 pts
#178 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 0%-1.7 pts
#179 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 0%-1.7 pts
#180 Kew Gardens 0%-1.7 pts
#181 South Richmond Hill 0%-1.7 pts
#182 Woodhaven 0%-1.7 pts
#183 South Ozone Park 0%-1.7 pts
#184 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 0%-1.7 pts
#185 Auburndale 0%-1.7 pts
#186 Bayside 0%-1.7 pts
#187 Douglaston-Little Neck 0%-1.7 pts
#188 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 0%-1.7 pts
#189 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 0%-1.7 pts
#190 Bellerose 0%-1.7 pts
#191 Cambria Heights 0%-1.7 pts
#192 Laurelton 0%-1.7 pts
#193 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 0%-1.7 pts
#194 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 0%-1.7 pts
#195 Great Kills-Eltingville 0%-1.7 pts
#196 Arden Heights-Rossville 0%-1.7 pts
#197 Tottenville-Charleston 0%-1.7 pts
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