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139-40 Hillside Avenue zoning and development potential

139-40 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11435 is a 10,500 square foot lot zoned C4-4D. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 75,600 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 6,625 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-09685-0006
Block / lot
9685 / 6
Community district
Queens Community District 12
Zoning
C4-4D
Lot area
10,500 sf
Frontage x depth
105 ft x 100 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Industrial and manufacturing
Built today
6,625 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1931
Built FAR
0.63

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today6,625 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)75,600 sf

That leaves 68,975 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 68,250 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 6.02 for this lot, which at 10,500 sf of land is 63,210 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 63,210 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

  • Wide street frontage
  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
  • FRESH food store zone
  • 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
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing75,6007.2089
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes68,2506.5071
Community FacilityCommunity facility68,2506.50None
Max ApartmentsHousing63,2106.0293
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes63,2036.0264
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)62,7995.98214 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 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.

This is the screening number. Get the study for 139-40 Hillside Avenue.

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