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62 Rutledge Street zoning and development potential

62 Rutledge Street, Brooklyn 11249 is a 16,000 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 61,345 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 11,036 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-02224-0005
Block / lot
2224 / 5
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 1
Zoning
R6
Lot area
16,000 sf
Frontage x depth
160 ft x 100 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Mixed residential and commercial
Built today
11,036 sf, 2 floors
Year built
1959
Built FAR
0.69

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today11,036 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)61,345 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility73,921 sf

That leaves 50,309 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 45,857 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 16,000 sf of land is 38,880 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 38,880 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

Quality Housing height limit in R6 on a narrow street: 55 ft (85 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Narrow street frontage
  • Flood zone AE (special flood hazard area)
  • 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 facility73,9214.62None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing61,3453.8375
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing60,3853.7775
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes45,8572.8740
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing38,8802.4343
Max ApartmentsHousing35,2002.2052

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 25, 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 62 Rutledge Street.

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