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762 Sheffield Avenue zoning and development potential

762 Sheffield Avenue, Brooklyn 11207 is a 19,500 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 76,050 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 4,250 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-04321-0022
Block / lot
4321 / 22
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 5
Zoning
R6
Lot area
19,500 sf
Frontage x depth
100 ft x 195 ft
Lot type
Inside
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
4,250 sf, 1 floor
Year built
1930
Built FAR
0.22

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today4,250 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)76,050 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility90,792 sf

That leaves 71,800 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 75,044 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 19,500 sf of land is 47,385 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 58,500 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
  • FRESH food store 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 facility90,7924.66None
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing76,0503.9090
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing76,0503.9087
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes75,0443.8573
Max ApartmentsHousing58,5003.0086
Split Lot (2 Buildings)Housing58,5003.0068

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 762 Sheffield Avenue.

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