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35-31 Steinway Street zoning and development potential

35-31 Steinway Street, Queens 11101 is a 9,618 square foot lot zoned M1-4/R7A. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 48,186 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 9,595 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-00669-0008
Block / lot
669 / 8
Community district
Queens Community District 1
Zoning
M1-4 / R7A
Lot area
9,618 sf
Frontage x depth
101 ft x 95 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
9,595 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1935
Built FAR
1.00

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today9,595 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)48,186 sf

That leaves 38,591 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 38,472 sf (Max Apartments).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 4.00 for this lot, which at 9,618 sf of land is 38,472 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 38,472 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

Quality Housing height limit in R7A on a wide street: 85 ft (115 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Wide street frontage
  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
  • Opportunity Zone tract
  • 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
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing48,1865.0155
Max ApartmentsHousing38,4724.0056
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes38,4724.0036
Mixed-UseMixed use with homes38,4724.0035
Community FacilityCommunity facility38,4724.00None
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)38,2383.98124 rooms

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 21, 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 35-31 Steinway Street.

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