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1749 Jerome Avenue zoning and development potential

1749 Jerome Avenue, Bronx 10453 is a 12,514 square foot lot zoned R8A. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 90,101 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 12,830 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
2-02861-0074
Block / lot
2861 / 74
Community district
Bronx Community District 5
Zoning
R8A
Lot area
12,514 sf
Frontage x depth
138 ft x 103 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
12,830 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1925
Built FAR
1.03

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today12,830 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)90,101 sf

That leaves 77,271 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 81,341 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 6.02 for this lot, which at 12,514 sf of land is 75,334 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 75,335 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

Quality Housing height limit in R8A on a wide street: 125 ft (145 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • 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 housing90,1017.20106
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes81,3416.5084
Community FacilityCommunity facility81,3416.50None
Max ApartmentsHousing75,3356.02111
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes75,3346.0274
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)74,7785.98255 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.

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