Williamsburg.
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Homes
in Williamsburg.

The figures for Williamsburg cover the tabulation areas of Williamsburg, South Williamsburg and East Williamsburg, which together hold 72,847 homes in 7,847 buildings. Walk-ups account for 34 percent of those homes and elevator buildings for 32 percent, while condominiums hold 23 percent, and only 4 percent of homes are one or two family houses. The median home is in a building 6 floors high, and 13 percent of homes are in high-rises of 20 floors or more.

Old and new stand side by side. Close to half the homes, 47 percent, sit in buildings finished before 1940, and 36 percent in buildings completed in 2000 or later, which include the waterfront towers along the East River; the median year built, 1960, falls between them. Factory and warehouse buildings turned into apartments add another type, often with large windows and sometimes with a freight elevator.

How a Williamsburg pickup runs depends on the building. Elevator buildings and condominiums hold 55 percent of homes here, and many have a front desk or a management office that books the service elevator and sets the hours for vendors. Walk-ups hold 34 percent, and with the median home in a building of 6 floors the carry down can be a long one. Note the floor and the building's rules in the tag's Building access field, and in a converted loft, mention a freight elevator and the entrance that leads to it.