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West 145th Street zoning and development potential

West 145th Street, Manhattan 10037 is a 68,730 square foot lot zoned C4-6. RunEnvelope’s engine finds an as-of-right scheme with homes of 824,759 sf (AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)), against 32,654 sf built on the lot today.

The lot

BBL
1-02013-0029
Block / lot
2013 / 29
Community district
Manhattan Community District 10
Zoning
C4-6
Lot area
68,730 sf
Frontage x depth
589 ft x 100 ft
Lot type
Corner
Current use
Commercial and office
Built today
32,654 sf, 2 floors
Year built
1920
Built FAR
0.48

Permitted floor area against what is built

Built on the lot today32,654 sf
Largest scheme with homes: AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)824,759 sf

That leaves 792,105 sf more floor area than stands here now, if the existing building were replaced. The largest scheme with homes and no affordability obligation holds 698,983 sf (Max Res + Public Plaza Bonus).

City Planning’s PLUTO file lists a residential FAR of 10.00 for this lot, which at 68,730 sf of land is 687,300 sf. The engine’s largest residential-only scheme without an affordability obligation (Max Res + Public Plaza Bonus) holds 698,983 sf, close to that simple multiplication.

  • Wide street frontage
  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
  • Opportunity Zone tract
  • FRESH food store zone
  • E-designation on the lot
  • 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
AIRS Senior Housing (100% Affordable)Income-restricted housing824,75912.00939
Max Res + Public Plaza BonusHousing698,98310.17833
Max ApartmentsHousing687,30010.001,010
Residential + Community FacilityMixed use with homes687,30010.00834
Community FacilityCommunity facility687,30010.00None
Commercial OverlayMixed use with homes687,29910.00838

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.

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