Zoning in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

What is Williamsburg zoned?

Williamsburg has the most varied zoning of the Brooklyn neighborhoods we mapped: across 10,059 tax lots in the 2020 Williamsburg, South Williamsburg and East Williamsburg NTAs, R6 covers 35% and R6B 25%, while manufacturing districts cover 14% and paired M1/R mixed use districts another 9% (PLUTO 26v2). Standard residential FAR ranges from 2.00 in R6B to 4.00 in R7A (ZR 23-22). Check any Williamsburg address free on Zohgo.

Williamsburg mixes rowhouse districts, the paired manufacturing-residential districts of the 2005 Greenpoint-Williamsburg Special Mixed Use District, and a long list of small private rezonings.

Tax lots

10,059PLUTO 26v2

Most common

R635% of lots

Commercial overlay

1,939lots (19%)

Median lot

2,500 sq ftlot area

Residence districts are the main district on 7,078 of Williamsburg's 10,059 lots (70%). Manufacturing districts (M1-1, M1-2, M3-1 and others) cover 1,400 lots (14%), and paired mixed use districts such as M1-2/R6A, M1-2/R6 and M1-2/R6B cover 944 lots (9%). Commercial districts, mostly C4-3 and C4-4A, cover 561 lots. PLUTO lists 32 different main districts inside these three NTAs, the most of any neighborhood on our list.

Zoning districts in Williamsburg by tax lot

Zoning district (zonedist1)	Tax lots	Share	Standard residential FAR	Max building height (standard)
R6	3,508	34.9%	2.20 (3.00 near wide st.)	55 ft (75 ft near wide st.)
R6B	2,545	25.3%	2.00	55 ft
M1-1	663	6.6%	commercial or manufacturing district
M1-2/R6A	563	5.6%	paired MX district
R7A	431	4.3%	4.00	85 ft
R6A	409	4.1%	3.00	75 ft
M1-2	404	4.0%	commercial or manufacturing district
M3-1	326	3.2%	commercial or manufacturing district
C4-3	293	2.9%	commercial or manufacturing district
M1-2/R6	200	2.0%	paired MX district
All other districts (22)	717	7.1%
Total	10,059	100%

Source: PLUTO 26v2, field zonedist1, lots inside the 2020 NTA boundary. "Standard" FAR and height are the ZR 23-21 / 23-22 and 23-42x limits for standard residences; affordable, senior and qualifying sites can go higher. Other districts: M1-2/R6B, C4-4A, R7-1, C8-2, PARK, (none), R8, R7D, M1-4/R6A, R7-3, R7-2, R7X, C6-2, R8A, M1-5, C4-4, M1-2/R7A, M1-4, M1-4/R6B, M1-4/R7X, C7-1, M1-4A.

What the main districts allow

R6 (35%). FAR 2.20 for standard residences, 3.00 within 100 feet of a wide street, 3.90 for qualifying affordable or senior housing (ZR 23-22). Maximum height 55 feet on narrow streets and 75 feet near wide streets, or 85 and 95 feet for qualifying affordable or senior housing (ZR 23-432).
R6B (25%). FAR 2.00, or 2.40. Base 30 to 45 feet, maximum height 55 feet (65 feet for qualifying affordable or senior housing).
R7A (4%). FAR 4.00, or 5.01. Maximum height 85 feet, or 115 feet for qualifying affordable or senior housing.
R6A (4%). FAR 3.00, or 3.90. Maximum height 75 feet, or 95 feet.
Paired MX districts (M1-2/R6A, M1-2/R6, M1-2/R6B and others). These sit inside Special Mixed Use District 8, established in Greenpoint-Williamsburg on May 11, 2005 (ZR 123-90). The chapter's stated purpose is to allow a wide variety of uses in mixed residential and industrial neighborhoods and to let workers live near their work (ZR 123-00). How each use is regulated is set out in ZR Article XII, Chapter 3; see our MX guide.
M1-1, M1-2, M3-1. Manufacturing districts; see the M1 and M2 and M3 guides.

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Worked example: one 2,500 sq ft lot in five Williamsburg districts

Step	Calculation	Result
R6B	2,500 x 2.00 = 5,000 sq ft; 5,000 / 680 = 7.35	7 units, 55 ft max
R6, narrow street	2,500 x 2.20 = 5,500 sq ft; 5,500 / 680 = 8.09	8 units, 55 ft max
R6A, or R6 within 100 ft of a wide street	2,500 x 3.00 = 7,500 sq ft; 7,500 / 680 = 11.03	11 units, 75 ft max
R7A	2,500 x 4.00 = 10,000 sq ft; 10,000 / 680 = 14.71	14 units, 85 ft max
R7A with qualifying affordable housing	2,500 x 5.01	12,525 sq ft, 115 ft max

Lot: 25 ft x 100 ft. FAR from ZR 23-22, heights from ZR 23-432, units from ZR 23-52 (factor 680; a fraction of 0.75 or more counts as one unit, so 14.71 stays 14). The median R6 lot here is 2,100 sq ft with 24 ft of frontage in PLUTO.

Commercial overlays

Commercial overlay (overlay1)	Tax lots	Share of all lots
C2-4	900	8.9%
C1-3	575	5.7%
C2-3	340	3.4%
C1-4	111	1.1%
C2-2	9	0.1%
C1-5	4	0.0%
Any overlay	1,939	19.3%

1,939 lots (19%) carry a commercial overlay, the highest share among our Brooklyn pages, led by C2-4 (900 lots) and C1-3 (575). On overlay lots mapped in R4 through R12 districts, commercial-only floor area is capped at FAR 2.00 (ZR 33-121, column A).

Inclusionary housing and recent rezonings

Special Mixed Use District 8 is the main special district on 952 lots.
Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. 48 lots sit inside adopted MIH areas. DCP's MIH dataset shows 13 areas touching these NTAs, adopted between 2017 (Pfizer Sites Rezoning) and 2025 (North 7th Street; 347 Flushing Avenue; 19 Maspeth Avenue). Most are single-site private rezonings.
UAP. UAP is the City of Yes program that lets a development or enlargement outside a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area exceed the standard FAR, but only by the amount of affordable housing it provides (ZR 27-111). Outside those MIH sites, Williamsburg's R6, R6A, R6B and R7A lots can use the qualifying affordable FARs in the table above by providing the affordable floor area.

How we defined Williamsburg and counted lots

Boundary: the official 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas Williamsburg (BK0102), South Williamsburg (BK0103), East Williamsburg (BK0104), published by NYC City Planning on NYC Open Data. Real-estate listings often draw Williamsburg differently, so treat the edges as approximate.
Lots: every tax lot in PLUTO version 26v2 (pulled October 26, 2026) whose latitude and longitude fall inside that boundary, 10,059 lots in total. 8 more lots in the same census tracts had no coordinates in PLUTO and are not counted. A cross-check using PLUTO's 2020 census tract field gave almost the same count.
District: PLUTO's "zonedist1", which is the district covering the largest part of each lot. 207 lots are split by a district, overlay or special district boundary (PLUTO "splitzone"); each is counted once, under its main district. Special districts only appear in PLUTO when they cover at least 10% of a lot (PLUTO Data Dictionary).
Lot counts measure how many parcels are in a district, not land area. A large lot and a small one each count as one.

Williamsburg zoning FAQ

What zoning districts are in Williamsburg?

PLUTO 26v2 shows 32 main districts inside the 2020 Williamsburg, South Williamsburg and East Williamsburg NTAs. The largest are R6 (3,508 lots), R6B (2,545), M1-1 (663) and the paired M1-2/R6A (563).

What does M1-2/R6A mean?

It is a paired district inside a Special Mixed Use District: an M1-2 manufacturing district combined with an R6A residence district on the same map area. In Williamsburg these pairs fall in Special Mixed Use District 8, established May 11, 2005 (ZR 123-90). Article XII, Chapter 3 sets the rules.

How much can I build on a 2,500 sq ft R6B lot?

At FAR 2.00, 5,000 sq ft of residential floor area, or 6,000 sq ft (FAR 2.40) for qualifying affordable or senior housing (ZR 23-22). The building can reach 55 feet, or 65 feet with qualifying affordable housing (ZR 23-432).

Is Williamsburg in a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area?

Only a few sites. 48 of 10,059 lots fall inside adopted MIH areas according to DCP's MIH dataset, mostly single-site rezonings adopted from 2017 to 2025.

What is the R7A height limit?

85 feet for standard residences with a base of 40 to 75 feet, and 115 feet for qualifying affordable or senior housing with a base up to 85 feet (ZR 23-432).

Sources

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

NYC Open Data: Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO), version 26v2, queried October 26, 2026: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/64uk-42ks
NYC Open Data: 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs): https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/9nt8-h7nd
NYC DCP: PLUTO Data Dictionary, August 2026 (26v2) (PDF): https://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/dcp/assets/files/pdf/data-tools/bytes/pluto_datadictionary.pdf
NYC Open Data: Mandatory Inclusionary Housing areas (DCP): https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/m79g-k9r4
ZR 23-21: Floor area regulations for R1 through R5 Districts: https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-ii/chapter-3/23-21
ZR 23-22: Floor area regulations for R6 through R12 Districts: https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-ii/chapter-3/23-22
ZR 23-432: Height and setback requirements (R6-R12): https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-ii/chapter-3/23-432
ZR 23-52: Maximum number of dwelling units: https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-ii/chapter-3/23-52
ZR 33-121: Commercial overlay (C1, C2) floor area ratios: https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-iii/chapter-3/33-121
ZR 123-00: Special Mixed Use District, general purposes: https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-xii/chapter-3/123-00
ZR 123-90: Locations of Special Mixed Use Districts: https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-xii/chapter-3/123-90
ZR 27-111: Definitions, including "UAP development": https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-ii/chapter-7/27-111