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3179 Atlantic Avenue zoning and development potential

3179 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 11208 is a 27,519 square foot lot zoned C4-4D. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 198,137 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 3,300 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-04137-0044
Block / lot
4137 / 44
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 5
Zoning
C4-4D
Lot area
27,519 sf
Frontage x depth
178 ft x 142 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
3,300 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1987
Built FAR
0.12

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today3,300 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)198,137 sf

That leaves 194,837 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 178,873 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 6.02 for this lot, which at 27,519 sf of land is 165,664 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 165,664 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

  • Wide 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 housing198,1377.20247
Community FacilityCommunity facility178,8746.50None
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes178,8736.50194
Max ApartmentsHousing165,6646.02243
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes165,6646.02172
Split Lot (2 Buildings)Housing165,1146.00196

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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