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9401 Church Avenue zoning and development potential

9401 Church Avenue, Brooklyn 11212 is a 12,000 square foot lot zoned R6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 46,800 sf (UAP (City of Yes)), against 12,900 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
3-04691-0043
Block / lot
4691 / 43
Community district
Brooklyn Community District 17
Zoning
R6
Lot area
12,000 sf
Frontage x depth
120 ft x 100 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Mixed residential and commercial
Built today
12,900 sf, 2 floors
Year built
1934
Built FAR
1.08

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today12,900 sf
Largest scheme with homes: UAP (City of Yes)46,800 sf
Largest scheme, any use: Community Facility55,241 sf

That leaves 33,900 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 43,652 sf (Residential + Community Facility).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 2.43 for this lot, which at 12,000 sf of land is 29,160 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Apartments) holds 36,000 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 facility55,2414.60None
UAP (City of Yes)Income-restricted housing46,8003.9054
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing46,8003.9054
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes43,6523.6441
Max ApartmentsHousing36,0003.0053
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes36,0003.0026

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 23, 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 9401 Church Avenue.

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