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448 Gateway Drive zoning and development potential

448 Gateway Drive, Brooklyn 11239 is a 10,674 square foot lot zoned C4-2. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 41,629 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 7,300 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-04452-0502
Block / lot
4452 / 502
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 5
Zoning
C4-2
Lot area
10,674 sf
Frontage x depth
129 ft x 147 ft
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
7,300 sf
Year built
2013
Built FAR
0.68

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today7,300 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)41,629 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility49,699 sf

That leaves 34,329 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 38,039 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 10,674 sf of land is 25,938 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 25,938 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

  • Narrow street frontage
  • FRESH food store zone
  • 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 facility49,6994.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing41,6293.9048
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing41,6293.9045
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes38,0393.5630
Max CommercialCommercial36,2923.40None
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing25,9382.4325

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 23, 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 448 Gateway Drive.

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