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70-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd zoning and development potential

70-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd, Queens 11692 is a 226,286 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 882,515 sf (UAP (City of Yes)), against 58,455 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
4-16081-0045
Block / lot
16081 / 45
Community district
Queens Community District 14
Zoning
R6
Lot area
226,286 sf
Frontage x depth
862 ft x 385 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
58,455 sf, 1 floor
Year built
2010
Built FAR
0.26

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today58,455 sf
Largest scheme with homes: UAP (City of Yes)882,515 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility1,053,587 sf

That leaves 824,060 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 813,060 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 226,286 sf of land is 549,875 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)) holds 549,875 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

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)
  • FRESH food store zone
  • 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
Community FacilityCommunity facility1,053,5874.66None
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing882,5153.901,131
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing882,5153.901,105
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes813,0603.59699
Max Residential (Sky Exposure Plane)Housing549,8752.43732
Sky Exposure Plane Option (Parking Waiver: 20 units)Housing549,8752.4320

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 70-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd.

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