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1679 Bedford Avenue zoning and development potential

1679 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn 11225 is a 26,800 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 104,520 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 12,539 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-01304-0014
Block / lot
1304 / 14
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 9
Zoning
R6
Lot area
26,800 sf
Frontage x depth
202 ft x 151 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
12,539 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1925
Built FAR
0.47

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today12,539 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)104,520 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility124,782 sf

That leaves 91,981 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 103,229 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 26,800 sf of land is 65,124 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 80,400 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
  • Opportunity Zone tract
  • 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 facility124,7824.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing104,5203.90126
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing104,5203.90122
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes103,2293.85103
Max ApartmentsHousing80,4003.00118
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes80,4003.0074

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 1679 Bedford Avenue.

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