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33-51 11 Street zoning and development potential

33-51 11 Street, Queens 11106 is a 29,600 square foot lot zoned M1-5/R6A. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 115,440 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 27,950 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-00318-0015
Block / lot
318 / 15
Community district
Queens Community District 1
Zoning
M1-5 / R6A
Lot area
29,600 sf
Frontage x depth
150 ft x 185 ft
Lot type
Through
Current use
Industrial and manufacturing
Built today
27,950 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1972
Built FAR
0.94

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today27,950 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)115,440 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Max Commercial143,163 sf

That leaves 87,490 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 88,800 sf (Max Apartments).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 3.00 for this lot, which at 29,600 sf of land is 88,800 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 88,800 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

Quality Housing height limit in R6A on a wide street: 75 ft (95 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Wide 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
Max CommercialCommercial143,1634.84None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing115,4403.90138
Max ApartmentsHousing88,8003.00130
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes88,8003.0076
Mixed-UseMixed use with homes88,8003.0067
Community FacilityCommunity facility88,8003.00None

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 33-51 11 Street.

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