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142-41 Roosevelt Avenue zoning and development potential

142-41 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11354 is a 20,258 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 79,006 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 18,031 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-05020-0034
Block / lot
5020 / 34
Community district
Queens Community District 7
Zoning
R6
Lot area
20,258 sf
Frontage x depth
155 ft x 132 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
18,031 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1952
Built FAR
0.89

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today18,031 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)79,006 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility94,318 sf

That leaves 60,975 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 75,935 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 20,258 sf of land is 49,227 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 60,774 sf, 23% more than that simple multiplication suggests.

Quality Housing height limit in R6 on a wide street: 75 ft (95 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Wide street frontage
  • 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 facility94,3184.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing79,0063.9094
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing79,0063.9091
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes75,9353.7575
Max ApartmentsHousing60,7743.0089
Max Residential (Standard Housing) (Parking Waiver: 60 units)Housing60,7743.0060

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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