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409 Gateway Drive zoning and development potential

409 Gateway Drive, Brooklyn 11239 is a 23,171 square foot lot zoned C4-2. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 90,367 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 23,171 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-04452-0490
Block / lot
4452 / 490
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 5
Zoning
C4-2
Lot area
23,171 sf
Frontage x depth
100 ft x 160 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
23,171 sf, 1 floor
Year built
2001
Built FAR
1.00

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today23,171 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)90,367 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility107,884 sf

That leaves 67,196 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 73,584 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 23,171 sf of land is 56,306 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 56,306 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

  • Narrow street frontage
  • FRESH food store zone
  • 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
Community FacilityCommunity facility107,8844.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing90,3673.90107
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing90,3673.90106
Max CommercialCommercial78,7813.40None
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes73,5843.1861
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing56,3062.4370

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 409 Gateway Drive.

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