{"id":53241,"date":"2017-05-26T01:05:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/?p=53241"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:57:02","slug":"top-20-neighborhoods-with-most-apartments-post-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/blog\/rental-market\/real-estate-news\/top-20-neighborhoods-with-most-apartments-post-recession\/","title":{"rendered":"Top U.S. Neighborhoods That Got the Most Apartments After the Recession"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The real estate market has been through a lot since the recession. After “the big housing crash” home buying<\/em> humbly stepped aside, allowing renting<\/em> to come out of the shadows, stripped of its old “low-income” stigma<\/a>, all glamorous and hip, making its way into the nicest, most sought-after American neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

That’s how the great apartment boom happened. Since 2010, new apartment buildings have been popping up faster than you can say “concierge”, revitalizing forgotten downtowns and turning run-down neighborhoods into trendy new hotspots. We analyzed construction data from Yardi Matrix<\/a> and Property Shark<\/a>, in about 1,000 neighborhoods from coast to coast, to see which neighborhoods grew the most from a rental perspective. We took into account large-scale rental buildings of 50 units and more, located in the largest 30 cities in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Rank<\/th>Neighborhood<\/th>City\/Borough<\/th>State<\/th>New Apartments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>Long Island City<\/strong><\/td>Queens, NY<\/td>NY<\/td>12,533<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Downtown L.A.<\/strong><\/td>Los Angeles<\/td>CA<\/td>7,551<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>North San Jose<\/strong><\/td>San Jose<\/td>CA<\/td>6,814<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Clinton - Hell's Kitchen<\/strong><\/td>Manhattan, NY<\/td>NY<\/td>6,058<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Uptown<\/strong><\/td>Dallas<\/td>TX<\/td>5,839<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Williamsburg<\/strong><\/td>Brooklyn, NY<\/td>NY<\/td>5,269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Oak Lawn<\/strong><\/td>Dallas<\/td>TX<\/td>4,892<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Downtown Brooklyn<\/strong><\/td>Brooklyn, NY<\/td>NY<\/td>3,851<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>Washington Ave - Memorial Park<\/strong><\/td>Houston<\/td>TX<\/td>3,569<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Upper West Side<\/strong><\/td>Manhattan, NY<\/td>NY<\/td>3,536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n

Table by\u00a0RentCafe<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

1. Long Island City, Queens, NY<\/a><\/h2>\n