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Zoning in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

What is Crown Heights zoned?

Crown Heights is mostly R6: 4,972 of its 9,308 tax lots (53.4%) are in R6, based on PLUTO 26v2 lots inside the 2020 NTA boundaries. R6 allows a standard residential FAR of 2.20 (3.00 within 100 ft of a wide street) (ZR 23-22, ZR 23-432). Check any Crown Heights address free on Zohgo.

Crown Heights is mostly non-contextual R6, so the street a lot faces changes what it can build.

Tax lots
9,308PLUTO 26v2
Most common
R653.4% of lots
Commercial overlay
1,697lots (18.2%)
Median lot
2,405 sq ftlot area

Crown Heights is the rare Brooklyn neighborhood still dominated by a non-contextual district. 4,972 of its 9,308 tax lots (53.4%) are plain R6, where the standard residential FAR is 2.20 on narrow streets but 3.00 within 100 feet of a wide street (ZR 23-22). That split means two R6 lots a block apart can carry very different floor area, depending only on the street they front.

The southern part of the neighborhood is lower: R4 (882 lots), R2 (297) and R5 (260). Contextual R6B (755) and R6A (716) fill much of the rest, and R7-1 covers 539 lots. The 2020 NTAs used here are Crown Heights (North) and Crown Heights (South).

Zoning districts in Crown Heights by tax lot

Zoning district (zonedist1)Tax lotsShareStandard residential FARMax height (standard residences)
R64,97253.4%2.20 (3.00 within 100 ft of a wide street)base 30-45 ft, max 55 ft (40-65 ft base, 75 ft max within 100 ft of a wide street)
R48829.5%1.00max 35 ft (25 ft perimeter wall / 35 ft ridge for 1-2 family detached, semi-detached or zero lot line homes)
R6B7558.1%2.00base 30-45 ft, max 55 ft
R6A7167.7%3.00base 40-65 ft, max 75 ft
R7-15395.8%3.44 (4.00 within 100 ft of a wide street)base 40-65 ft, max 75 ft (base 40-75 ft, max 85 ft within 100 ft of a wide street)
R22973.2%0.7525 ft perimeter wall, 35 ft ridge (pitched-roof envelope)
R52602.8%1.50base up to 35 ft, max 45 ft
R7A2582.8%4.00base 40-75 ft, max 85 ft
M1-2A / R6A (paired district)1231.3%see special district rules
M1-1 (manufacturing)1201.3%manufacturing district
R5B1021.1%1.50max 35 ft
C4-3 (commercial)720.8%2.20 (3.00 within 100 ft of a wide street) (as R6, its residential equivalent)
All other districts (14)2122.3%
Total9,308100%

Source: PLUTO 26v2, field zonedist1 (the district covering the largest part of each lot), lots inside the 2020 NTA boundaries BK0802, BK0901. FAR and heights are the ZR 23-21 / 23-22 and ZR 23-421 / 23-422 / 23-432 limits for standard residences; qualifying affordable or senior housing can go higher. Commercial districts use their residential equivalent from ZR 34-112.

What the main districts allow

What can you build on your Crown Heights lot?

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Commercial overlays

1,697 lots (18.2%) carry a commercial overlay: C1-3 on 834 lots, C2-4 on 586 lots, C2-3 on 279 lots. An overlay sits on top of a residence district and allows local retail and services, usually on the ground floor of avenue and corridor buildings, while the residential rules of the underlying district still apply. For a zoning lot with only commercial use, the overlay FAR is 1.00 where the overlay is mapped in R1, R2, R3-1, R3A or R3X, 1.60 in R3-2, and 2.00 in R4 and every higher residence district (ZR 33-121).

Special districts

Historic districts

1,670 lots (17.9%) sit in a designated historic district according to PLUTO, led by Crown Heights North III Historic District (635), Crown Heights North II Historic District (602), Crown Heights North Historic District (420), Park Place Historic District (13). Zoning still sets the envelope, but exterior work on these lots also goes through the Landmarks Preservation Commission, so a lot that zones for more floor area may not be able to use it.

175 lots (1.9%) are split by a district boundary (PLUTO splitzone). On those, each portion follows its own district; see split zoning lots.

Worked example

Take a 2,400 sq ft lot in R6, close to the neighborhood's median lot size. At the standard FAR of 2.20, the maximum residential floor area is 2,400 x 2.20 = 5,280 sq ft (ZR 23-22). With qualifying affordable or senior housing rules the FAR is 3.90, so 2,400 x 3.90 = 9,360 sq ft. For a standard multiple dwelling outside special density areas, the unit cap divides floor area by the dwelling unit factor of 680: 5,280 / 680 = 7.76, which allows 8 units because fractions of 0.75 or more count as a unit (ZR 23-52).

Note that R6 gets a higher standard FAR on lots within 100 feet of a wide street (3.00 within 100 ft of a wide street), so check which street your lot faces.

How we counted

We took every tax lot in PLUTO 26v2 (NYC Department of City Planning, August 2026), kept lots whose latitude and longitude fall inside the 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Area polygons for Crown Heights (BK0802, BK0901), and counted the zoning district PLUTO lists first (zonedist1). Lot counts are not land area: one large lot counts the same as a 20-foot rowhouse lot. Zoning maps change through rezonings, so always confirm the district for a specific address.

Crown Heights zoning FAQ

What is the most common zoning district in Crown Heights?

R6. In PLUTO 26v2, 4,972 of the 9,308 tax lots inside the 2020 Crown Heights NTA boundary (53.4%) have R6 as their main district.

What FAR does R6 allow?

R6 allows a standard residential FAR of 2.20 (3.00 within 100 ft of a wide street) and 3.90 for qualifying affordable or senior housing (ZR 23-22).

How tall can a building be in R6?

For standard residences: base 30-45 ft, max 55 ft (40-65 ft base, 75 ft max within 100 ft of a wide street). Qualifying affordable or senior housing: max 85 ft (95 ft within 100 ft of a wide street) (ZR 23-432).

How many apartments fit on a 2,400 sq ft R6 lot?

At FAR 2.20 the lot allows 5,280 sq ft of residential floor area. Divided by the dwelling unit factor of 680 that is 7.76, so 8 units for a standard building outside special density areas, since fractions of 0.75 or more count as a unit (ZR 23-52).

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Sources

Lot counts are our own tabulation of PLUTO 26v2 inside the 2020 NTA boundary, pulled October 27, 2026. PLUTO is updated a few times a year, so counts will drift.