Skip to main content

50-15 Roosevelt Avenue zoning and development potential

50-15 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11377 is a 43,530 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 169,767 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 21,574 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-01319-0030
Block / lot
1319 / 30
Community district
Queens Community District 2
Zoning
R6
Lot area
43,530 sf
Frontage x depth
173 ft x 281 ft
Lot type
Block assemblage
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
21,574 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1966
Built FAR
0.50

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today21,574 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)169,767 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility202,674 sf

That leaves 148,193 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 168,019 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 43,530 sf of land is 105,778 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 130,590 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
  • 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 facility202,6744.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing169,7673.90209
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing169,7673.90204
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes168,0193.86170
Max ApartmentsHousing130,5903.00192
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes130,5903.00123

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 50-15 Roosevelt Avenue.

Run the full study