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346 Baychester Avenue zoning and development potential

346 Baychester Avenue, Bronx 10475 is a 18,081 square foot lot zoned C4-3. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 70,516 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 1,985 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
2-05141-0032
Block / lot
5141 / 32
Community district
Bronx Community District 10
Zoning
C4-3
Lot area
18,081 sf
Frontage x depth
147 ft x 123 ft
Lot type
Interior
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
1,985 sf, 1 floor
Year built
2018
Built FAR
0.11

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today1,985 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)70,516 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility84,186 sf

That leaves 68,531 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 66,927 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 18,081 sf of land is 43,937 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 54,243 sf, 23% more than that simple multiplication suggests.

  • Wide street frontage
  • Opportunity Zone tract
  • Coastal 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 facility84,1864.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing70,5163.9083
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing70,5163.9081
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes66,9273.7061
Max CommercialCommercial61,4753.40None
Max ApartmentsHousing54,2433.0080

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 346 Baychester Avenue.

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