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132-03 Jamaica Avenue zoning and development potential

132-03 Jamaica Avenue, Queens 11418 is a 12,500 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 48,750 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 5,400 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-09284-0050
Block / lot
9284 / 50
Community district
Queens Community District 9
Zoning
R6
Lot area
12,500 sf
Frontage x depth
100 ft x 125 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
5,400 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1957
Built FAR
0.43

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today5,400 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)48,750 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility58,200 sf

That leaves 43,350 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 44,681 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 12,500 sf of land is 30,375 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 30,375 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

Quality Housing height limit in R6 on a narrow street: 55 ft (85 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Narrow street frontage
  • Opportunity Zone tract
  • E-designation on the lot

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 facility58,2004.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing48,7503.9056
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing48,7503.9054
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes44,6813.5736
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing30,3752.4332
Max ApartmentsHousing27,5002.2040

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 25, 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.

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