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138-10 Hillside Avenue zoning and development potential

138-10 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11435 is a 15,992 square foot lot zoned C4-4D. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 115,142 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 1,469 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-09619-0001
Block / lot
9619 / 1
Community district
Queens Community District 12
Zoning
C4-4D
Lot area
15,992 sf
Frontage x depth
150 ft x 131 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
1,469 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1967
Built FAR
0.09

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today1,469 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)115,142 sf

That leaves 113,673 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 103,948 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 6.02 for this lot, which at 15,992 sf of land is 96,272 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 96,272 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

  • Wide street frontage
  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
  • FRESH food store zone
  • E-designation on the lot
  • 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
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing115,1427.20139
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes103,9486.50108
Community FacilityCommunity facility103,9486.50None
Max ApartmentsHousing96,2726.02141
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes96,2726.02117
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)95,5665.98326 rooms

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 24, 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 138-10 Hillside Avenue.

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