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19-30 Mott Avenue zoning and development potential

19-30 Mott Avenue, Queens 11691 is a 60,650 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 236,535 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 23,368 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-15559-0012
Block / lot
15559 / 12
Community district
Queens Community District 14
Zoning
R6
Lot area
60,650 sf
Frontage x depth
259 ft x 232 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
23,368 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1931
Built FAR
0.39

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today23,368 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)236,535 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility282,384 sf

That leaves 213,167 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 217,607 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 60,650 sf of land is 147,380 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 147,379 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

Quality Housing height limit in R6 on a narrow street: 55 ft (85 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Narrow street frontage
  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
  • Opportunity Zone tract
  • FRESH food store zone
  • E-designation on the lot
  • Coastal 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 facility282,3844.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing236,5353.90287
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes217,6073.59185
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing147,3792.43196
Sky Exposure Plane Option (Parking Waiver: 20 units)Housing147,3792.4320
Max ApartmentsHousing133,4302.20196

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 19-30 Mott Avenue.

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