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700 Liberty Avenue zoning and development potential

700 Liberty Avenue, Brooklyn 11208 is a 14,820 square foot lot zoned R6A. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 57,798 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 18,299 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-03986-0011
Block / lot
3986 / 11
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 5
Zoning
R6A
Lot area
14,820 sf
Frontage x depth
148 ft x 100 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
18,299 sf, 3 floors
Year built
1930
Built FAR
1.23

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today18,299 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)57,798 sf

That leaves 39,499 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 44,460 sf (Max Apartments).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 3.00 for this lot, which at 14,820 sf of land is 44,460 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 44,460 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

Quality Housing height limit in R6A on a narrow street: 75 ft (95 ft with the affordability preference). From the district’s rule set.

  • Narrow street frontage
  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
  • FRESH food store zone
  • E-designation on the lot

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 housing57,7983.9068
Max ApartmentsHousing44,4603.0065
Split Lot (2 Buildings)Housing44,4603.0050
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes44,4603.0038
Community FacilityCommunity facility44,4603.00None
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes44,4573.0037

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 21, 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 700 Liberty Avenue.

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