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251 Port Richmond Avenue zoning and development potential

251 Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island 10302 is a 20,664 square foot lot zoned C4-2. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 80,590 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 22,362 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
5-01036-0007
Block / lot
1036 / 7
Community district
Staten Island Community District 1
Zoning
C4-2
Lot area
20,664 sf
Frontage x depth
123 ft x 168 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Industrial and manufacturing
Built today
22,362 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1931
Built FAR
1.08

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today22,362 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)80,590 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility98,790 sf

That leaves 58,228 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 73,860 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 20,664 sf of land is 50,214 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 50,213 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

  • Narrow street frontage
  • FRESH food store zone

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 facility98,7904.78None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing80,5903.9097
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing80,5903.9093
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes73,8603.5760
Max CommercialCommercial70,2583.40None
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing50,2132.4360

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 251 Port Richmond Avenue.

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