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1275 Broadway zoning and development potential

1275 Broadway, Brooklyn 11221 is a 11,150 square foot lot zoned C4-3. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 43,485 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 10,000 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-03293-0022
Block / lot
3293 / 22
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 4
Zoning
C4-3
Lot area
11,150 sf
Frontage x depth
40 ft x 250 ft
Lot type
Through
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
10,000 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1919
Built FAR
0.90

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today10,000 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)43,485 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility51,917 sf

That leaves 33,485 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 41,751 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 11,150 sf of land is 27,094 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 33,450 sf, 23% more than that simple multiplication suggests.

  • Wide street frontage
  • FRESH food store zone
  • Irregular lot shape

Development scenarios

The largest 6 as-of-right schemes RunEnvelope’s engine produced for this lot, by zoning floor area. A full study also models the building itself: floor plates, heights, setbacks, unit mix and parking.

SchemeTypeFloor areaFARHomes
Community FacilityCommunity facility51,9174.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing43,4853.9048
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing43,4853.9045
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes41,7513.7439
Max CommercialCommercial37,9103.40None
Max ApartmentsHousing33,4503.0049

Floor area is zoning floor area in square feet. Highlighted: the largest scheme with homes. Income-restricted schemes (Universal Affordability Preference, AIRS senior housing) require a share or all of the homes to be affordable. Shared housing counts rooms, not apartments. Schemes that need a landmark transfer of development rights, the FRESH food store bonus or a stack of every program are left off this page; the full study shows them.

What these numbers are

As-of-right only: what the Zoning Resolution allows without a variance, special permit or rezoning. Computed by RunEnvelope’s zoning engine on October 23, 2026 from PLUTO 26v2 lot data, in screening mode: the engine uses the City’s recorded lot area and dimensions, not a surveyed lot outline.

This is not a professional opinion, an appraisal or a statement that anything will or should be built here. Existing tenants, leases and the owner’s plans are not part of it.

What a full study checks

  • ■The actual lot outline, street frontages and yards, not PLUTO's recorded dimensions
  • ■Easements, restrictive declarations and zoning lot agreements on record
  • ■Landmark, waterfront and flood rules that apply to the specific building
  • ■Height, setback and floor-by-floor massing, with floor plans
  • ■Unit count, parking and the affordability program terms

Why this lot has a page: we publish pages only for lots that clear a set of data quality and headroom tests.

This is the screening number. Get the study for 1275 Broadway.

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