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27-35 Jackson Avenue zoning and development potential

27-35 Jackson Avenue, Queens 11101 is a 22,500 square foot lot zoned M1-5/R9. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 216,000 sf (Shared Housing (SRO)), against 78,500 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-00432-0008
Block / lot
432 / 8
Community district
Queens Community District 2
Zoning
M1-5 / R9
Lot area
22,500 sf
Frontage x depth
225 ft x 100 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
78,500 sf, 4 floors
Year built
1965
Built FAR
3.49

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today78,500 sf
Largest scheme with homes: Shared Housing (SRO)216,000 sf

That leaves 137,500 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced.

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 7.52 for this lot, which at 22,500 sf of land is 169,200 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Shared Housing (SRO)) holds 216,000 sf, 27% more than that simple multiplication suggests.

Quality Housing height limit in R9 on a wide street: 145 ft (185 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Wide street frontage
  • E-designation on the lot

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
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)216,0009.60744 rooms
Max ApartmentsHousing216,0009.60317
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing216,0009.60271
Waterfront Tower (ZR 62-343)Housing216,0009.60258
Mixed-UseMixed use with homes216,0009.60248
Tower-on-BaseHousing215,9799.60272

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.

This is the screening number. Get the study for 27-35 Jackson Avenue.

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