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21 East Clarke Place zoning and development potential

21 East Clarke Place, Bronx 10452 is a 21,544 square foot lot zoned R8A. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 155,116 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 21,500 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
2-02856-0001
Block / lot
2856 / 1
Community district
Bronx Community District 4
Zoning
R8A
Lot area
21,544 sf
Frontage x depth
99 ft x 180 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Industrial and manufacturing
Built today
21,500 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1920
Built FAR
1.00

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today21,500 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)155,116 sf

That leaves 133,616 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 140,020 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 6.02 for this lot, which at 21,544 sf of land is 129,695 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 129,694 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

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

  • Narrow 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 housing155,1167.20193
Community FacilityCommunity facility140,0366.50None
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes140,0206.50155
Mixed-UseMixed use with homes129,6956.02134
Max ApartmentsHousing129,6946.02190
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)129,4116.01440 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 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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