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436 Bay Street zoning and development potential

436 Bay Street, Staten Island 10304 is a 10,685 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 41,672 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 6,595 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
5-00507-0006
Block / lot
507 / 6
Community district
Staten Island Community District 1
Zoning
R6
Lot area
10,685 sf
Frontage x depth
100 ft x 109 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Industrial and manufacturing
Built today
6,595 sf, 2 floors
Year built
1931
Built FAR
0.62

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today6,595 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)41,672 sf

That leaves 35,077 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 32,055 sf (Max Apartments).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 10,685 sf of land is 25,965 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 32,055 sf, 23% more than that simple multiplication suggests.

Quality Housing height limit in R6 on a wide street: 75 ft (95 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Wide street frontage
  • Flood zone AE (special flood hazard area)
  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
  • Opportunity Zone tract
  • FRESH food store zone
  • E-designation on the lot
  • 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
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing41,6723.9048
Max ApartmentsHousing32,0553.0047
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes32,0553.0027
Baseline: Standard Residences (As-of-Right)Baseline32,0553.0026
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)32,0503.00107 rooms
Sky Exposure Plane OptionHousing25,9642.4326

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 436 Bay Street.

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