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342 Herzl Street zoning and development potential

342 Herzl Street, Brooklyn 11212 is a 20,000 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 78,000 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 20,000 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-03584-0037
Block / lot
3584 / 37
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 16
Zoning
R6
Lot area
20,000 sf
Frontage x depth
200 ft x 100 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Industrial and manufacturing
Built today
20,000 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1930
Built FAR
1.00

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today20,000 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)78,000 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility92,401 sf

That leaves 58,000 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 63,375 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 20,000 sf of land is 48,600 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 48,600 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

Quality Housing height limit in R6 on a narrow street: 55 ft (85 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • 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 facility92,4014.62None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing78,0003.9093
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing78,0003.9089
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes63,3753.1757
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing48,6002.4356
Max ApartmentsHousing44,0002.2064

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 342 Herzl Street.

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