NYC cannabis by the numbers
New York City has 270 state-licensed cannabis dispensaries as of August 24, 2026: 92 in Manhattan, 79 in Brooklyn, 64 in Queens, 22 in Bronx, 13 in Staten Island. 122 of them publish a licensed delivery service, 24 of which cover more than one borough. Manhattan has the most storefronts, but measured per resident Manhattan has the best access (5.4 shops per 100,000 people) and Bronx the least (1.5).
Licensed dispensaries and delivery, per borough
Counted August 24, 2026. Population from the 2020 US Census.
| Borough | Dispensaries | Delivery services | Per 100k residents | Neighborhood pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan | 92 | 47 | 5.4 | 24 |
| Brooklyn | 79 | 49 | 2.9 | 34 |
| Queens | 64 | 39 | 2.7 | 30 |
| Bronx | 22 | 12 | 1.5 | 15 |
| Staten Island | 13 | 11 | 2.6 | 11 |
Every figure, as a standalone statement
Written so each line can be quoted on its own, with the date attached.
- New York City has 270 state-licensed cannabis dispensaries as of August 24, 2026.
- 122 licensed NYC dispensaries publish a delivery service.
- Manhattan has 92 licensed dispensaries and 47 licensed delivery services — 5.4 dispensaries per 100,000 residents.
- Brooklyn has 79 licensed dispensaries and 49 licensed delivery services — 2.9 dispensaries per 100,000 residents.
- Queens has 64 licensed dispensaries and 39 licensed delivery services — 2.7 dispensaries per 100,000 residents.
- Bronx has 22 licensed dispensaries and 12 licensed delivery services — 1.5 dispensaries per 100,000 residents.
- Staten Island has 13 licensed dispensaries and 11 licensed delivery services — 2.6 dispensaries per 100,000 residents.
- 2 licensed delivery services publish coverage of four or more boroughs.
- 49 of 122 licensed delivery services publish an order minimum, and 5 publish no standard minimum.
- 164 hold an OCM-CAURD license, 106 hold an OCM-RETL license.
- All five boroughs have at least one licensed delivery service publishing coverage.
- 45% of NYC's licensed dispensaries (122 of 270) publish a delivery service.
- 26 licensed NYC dispensaries opened to the public in the 90 days before August 1, 2026, per the state's opening-date records.
- 68 licensed NYC dispensaries have opened so far in 2026; the busiest month on record is Apr 2025 with 17 openings.
New dispensary openings by month
Opening dates from New York's official license dataset, retrieved 2026-08-01. Last 12 full months.
| Month | New openings | Running NYC total |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 13 | 187 |
| Sep 2025 | 4 | 191 |
| Oct 2025 | 10 | 201 |
| Nov 2025 | 9 | 210 |
| Dec 2025 | 16 | 226 |
| Jan 2026 | 9 | 235 |
| Feb 2026 | 7 | 242 |
| Mar 2026 | 13 | 255 |
| Apr 2026 | 13 | 268 |
| May 2026 | 9 | 277 |
| Jun 2026 | 13 | 290 |
| Jul 2026 | 3 | 293 |
NYC cannabis statistics: common questions
How many licensed dispensaries are in NYC?
New York City has 270 state-licensed cannabis dispensaries as of August 24, 2026.
How many licensed weed delivery services are in NYC?
122 licensed New York City dispensaries publish a delivery service as of August 24, 2026. New York does not license third-party delivery apps — legal delivery is run by licensed dispensaries themselves.
Which NYC borough has the most licensed dispensaries?
Manhattan, with 92 of the city's 270 licensed dispensaries. Per resident, though, Manhattan has the densest access at 5.4 shops per 100,000 people, while Bronx has the least at 1.5.
How fast are new dispensaries opening in NYC?
26 licensed NYC dispensaries opened to the public in the last 90 days, and 68 have opened so far in 2026, per the opening dates in New York's official license dataset (retrieved 2026-08-01). The busiest month on record is Apr 2025, with 17 openings.
What share of NYC dispensaries deliver?
45% — 122 of the 270 licensed dispensaries publish their own delivery service as of August 24, 2026. Delivery skews heavily toward Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens; see the delivery minimums comparison for each service's published terms.
Can I cite these numbers?
Yes. This dataset is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license — use any figure with credit to BudAbout and the date shown. Every number is counted from New York's official license records, recounted on each update rather than hand-maintained.
How these numbers are produced
Dispensary counts come from our directory of New York City storefronts matched against the state's official OCM licensed-dispensary records; delivery counts come from those same licensed businesses that publish a delivery service, each re-checked on the date shown. Every figure on this page is recomputed from the underlying data whenever the site builds, so the page cannot drift out of step with the directory. Population figures are 2020 US Census borough counts. License records change constantly — always verify an individual business on New York's official verification page.
Sources:NY Office of Cannabis Management licensed-dispensary records via the state's official verification page and the public license dataset on data.ny.gov (opening dates retrieved 2026-08-01); operator-published delivery terms recorded on the dates shown on the delivery pages; 2020 US Census borough populations. Every derived figure names the retrieval date it was computed from.
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