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607 Sheepshead Bay Road zoning and development potential

607 Sheepshead Bay Road, Brooklyn 11224 is a 35,700 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 139,230 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 6,820 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-07270-0025
Block / lot
7270 / 25
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 13
Zoning
R6
Lot area
35,700 sf
Frontage x depth
150 ft x 265 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
6,820 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1978
Built FAR
0.19

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today6,820 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)139,230 sf

That leaves 132,410 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 107,100 sf (Shared Housing (SRO)).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 35,700 sf of land is 86,751 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Shared Housing (SRO)) holds 107,100 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)
  • 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 housing139,2303.90173
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing139,2303.90168
Shared Housing (SRO)Shared housing (rooms)107,1003.00363 rooms
Max ApartmentsHousing107,1003.00157
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes107,1003.00105
Max Residential (Standard Housing) (Parking Waiver: 60 units)Housing107,1003.0060

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 607 Sheepshead Bay Road.

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