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40-25 Crescent Street zoning and development potential

40-25 Crescent Street, Queens 11101 is a 45,200 square foot lot zoned M1-2/R6A. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 176,280 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 23,840 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-00406-0012
Block / lot
406 / 12
Community district
Queens Community District 1
Zoning
M1-2 / R6A
Lot area
45,200 sf
Frontage x depth
255 ft x 200 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Industrial and manufacturing
Built today
23,840 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1957
Built FAR
0.53

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today23,840 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)176,280 sf

That leaves 152,440 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 135,600 sf (Max Apartments).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 3.00 for this lot, which at 45,200 sf of land is 135,600 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 135,600 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

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

  • Narrow street frontage
  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
  • Opportunity Zone tract
  • 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 housing176,2803.90213
Max ApartmentsHousing135,6003.00199
Mixed-UseMixed use with homes135,6003.00116
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes135,6003.00116
Community FacilityCommunity facility135,6003.00None
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)134,6922.98446 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 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 40-25 Crescent Street.

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