NYC Zoning Districts
Zoning districts at a glance
Every tax lot in New York City carries a zoning district — a residence, commercial, or manufacturing code mapped by the Department of City Planning. The district determines what a lot may be used for and how much may be built on it: maximum floor area ratio (FAR), height and setback rules, yards, and parking. Pick a district below to see its bulk rules with Zoning Resolution citations and real example lots.
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201 districts across 3 families
Residential districts (R)
Residence districts principally allow housing and community facilities. Bulk rules in the NYC Zoning Resolution (§ 23-) control how much floor area a lot can carry and how tall and close to lot lines a building may be.
- R1-1 1,618 lots
- R1-2 14,209 lots
- R1-2A 1,544 lots
- R2 39,800 lots
- R2A 38,010 lots
- R2X 1,339 lots
- R3-1 50,374 lots
- R3-2 62,211 lots
- R3A 54,536 lots
- R3X 52,339 lots
- R4 72,954 lots
- R4-1 51,719 lots
- R4A 25,853 lots
- R4B 15,446 lots
- R5 89,989 lots
- R5A 4,107 lots
- R5B 30,617 lots
- R5D 4,743 lots
- R6 67,757 lots
- R6-1 90 lots
- R6A 15,183 lots
- R6B 50,728 lots
- R6D 168 lots
- R7-1 13,894 lots
- R7-2 7,893 lots
- R7-3 52 lots
- R7A 10,748 lots
- R7B 3,418 lots
- R7D 910 lots
- R7X 798 lots
- R8 4,862 lots
- R8A 1,285 lots
- R8B 7,362 lots
- R8X 174 lots
- R9 261 lots
- R9-1 6 lots
- R9A 359 lots
- R9X 50 lots
- R10 994 lots
- R10A 820 lots
- R10H 18 lots
Commercial districts (C)
Commercial districts allow retail, office, and service uses, and most also allow housing under the rules of a residential-equivalent district. Commercial bulk is governed by § 33- of the NYC Zoning Resolution.
- C1-6 452 lots
- C1-6A 369 lots
- C1-7 72 lots
- C1-7A 100 lots
- C1-8 13 lots
- C1-8A 191 lots
- C1-8X 286 lots
- C1-9 860 lots
- C1-9A 111 lots
- C2-6 156 lots
- C2-6A 45 lots
- C2-7 31 lots
- C2-7A 130 lots
- C2-8 365 lots
- C2-8A 101 lots
- C3 263 lots
- C3A 934 lots
- C4-1 385 lots
- C4-2 1,577 lots
- C4-2A 876 lots
- C4-2F 8 lots
- C4-3 1,707 lots
- C4-3A 698 lots
- C4-4 935 lots
- C4-4A 1,096 lots
- C4-4D 1,062 lots
- C4-4L 337 lots
- C4-5 107 lots
- C4-5A 55 lots
- C4-5D 224 lots
- C4-5X 195 lots
- C4-6 132 lots
- C4-6A 201 lots
- C4-7 124 lots
- C5-1 272 lots
- C5-1A 11 lots
- C5-2 364 lots
- C5-2.5 179 lots
- C5-2A 62 lots
- C5-3 562 lots
- C5-4 41 lots
- C5-5 288 lots
- C5-P 67 lots
- C6-1 501 lots
- C6-11 1 lots
- C6-12 1 lots
- C6-1A 11 lots
- C6-1G 387 lots
- C6-2 693 lots
- C6-2A 1,430 lots
- C6-2G 225 lots
- C6-2M 61 lots
- C6-3 316 lots
- C6-3A 367 lots
- C6-3D 13 lots
- C6-3X 83 lots
- C6-4 872 lots
- C6-4.5 246 lots
- C6-4A 258 lots
- C6-4M 172 lots
- C6-4X 75 lots
- C6-5 63 lots
- C6-5.5 51 lots
- C6-6 222 lots
- C6-6.5 23 lots
- C6-7 49 lots
- C6-7T 56 lots
- C6-9 49 lots
- C7 72 lots
- C7-1 1 lots
- C8-1 1,821 lots
- C8-2 945 lots
- C8-3 306 lots
- C8-4 104 lots
Manufacturing districts (M)
Manufacturing districts allow industrial and many commercial uses; new residences are generally excluded. Manufacturing bulk is governed by § 43- of the NYC Zoning Resolution.
- M1-1 11,934 lots
- M1-1/R5 64 lots
- M1-1/R6A 3 lots
- M1-1/R7-2 158 lots
- M1-1/R7D 22 lots
- M1-1A/R6B 11 lots
- M1-1A/R7-3 3 lots
- M1-1D 370 lots
- M1-2 2,844 lots
- M1-2/R5B 170 lots
- M1-2/R5D 148 lots
- M1-2/R6 236 lots
- M1-2/R6A 1,335 lots
- M1-2/R6B 294 lots
- M1-2/R7-1 4 lots
- M1-2/R7-2 5 lots
- M1-2/R7A 3 lots
- M1-2/R8 3 lots
- M1-2/R8A 15 lots
- M1-2A 321 lots
- M1-2A/R6A 147 lots
- M1-2A/R7-2 48 lots
- M1-2A/R7A 2 lots
- M1-2D 1,003 lots
- M1-3 327 lots
- M1-3/R7D 18 lots
- M1-3/R7X 42 lots
- M1-3/R8 17 lots
- M1-3A 1 lots
- M1-3A/R7A 16 lots
- M1-3A/R7D 22 lots
- M1-3A/R7X 38 lots
- M1-4 919 lots
- M1-4/R6A 338 lots
- M1-4/R6B 463 lots
- M1-4/R7-2 41 lots
- M1-4/R7-3 8 lots
- M1-4/R7A 245 lots
- M1-4/R7D 11 lots
- M1-4/R7X 64 lots
- M1-4/R8A 55 lots
- M1-4/R9 8 lots
- M1-4/R9A 2 lots
- M1-4A 67 lots
- M1-4A/R7-2 2 lots
- M1-4A/R8A 59 lots
- M1-4A/R9A 6 lots
- M1-4D 297 lots
- M1-5 364 lots
- M1-5/R10 91 lots
- M1-5/R6A 5 lots
- M1-5/R7-2 28 lots
- M1-5/R7-3 116 lots
- M1-5/R7D 45 lots
- M1-5/R7X 473 lots
- M1-5/R8A 31 lots
- M1-5/R9 52 lots
- M1-5/R9-1 13 lots
- M1-5/R9A 70 lots
- M1-5/R9X 172 lots
- M1-5A 87 lots
- M1-5A/R8 14 lots
- M1-5B 22 lots
- M1-5M 121 lots
- M1-6 109 lots
- M1-6/R10 94 lots
- M1-6/R8X 2 lots
- M1-6/R9 18 lots
- M1-6A 37 lots
- M1-6A/R10 8 lots
- M1-6A/R8 1 lots
- M1-6A/R9 10 lots
- M1-6A/R9A 18 lots
- M1-8A/R11 199 lots
- M1-8A/R12 99 lots
- M1-8A/R9X 6 lots
- M1-9A 37 lots
- M1-9A/R12 294 lots
- M2-1 1,575 lots
- M2-2 5 lots
- M2-3 73 lots
- M2-3A 54 lots
- M2-4 81 lots
- M3-1 2,418 lots
- M3-2 168 lots
- M3-2A 7 lots
What's the zoning on a specific lot?
PearlAudit resolves the governing zoning for any NYC tax lot — district, overlays, special districts — and cites the Zoning Resolution section behind every rule claim.
District boundaries and parcel counts: NYC municipal records (Department of City Planning). Bulk rules on district pages come from the NYC Zoning Resolution. See our methodology. Data as of 2026-09-01.