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21-41 Mott Avenue zoning and development potential

21-41 Mott Avenue, Queens 11691 is a 19,600 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 76,440 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 4,100 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-15709-0101
Block / lot
15709 / 101
Community district
Queens Community District 14
Zoning
R6
Lot area
19,600 sf
Frontage x depth
85 ft x 165 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
4,100 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1973
Built FAR
0.21

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today4,100 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)76,440 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility89,156 sf

That leaves 72,340 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 62,204 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 19,600 sf of land is 47,628 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 47,628 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 facility89,1564.55None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing76,4403.9090
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes62,2043.1751
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing47,6282.4357
Sky Exposure Plane Option (Parking Waiver: 20 units)Housing47,6282.4320
Max ApartmentsHousing43,1202.2063

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.

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