NYC Zoning Districts
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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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.
- R1-11,618 lots
- R1-214,209 lots
- R1-2A1,544 lots
- R239,800 lots
- R2A38,010 lots
- R2X1,339 lots
- R3-150,374 lots
- R3-262,211 lots
- R3A54,536 lots
- R3X52,339 lots
- R472,954 lots
- R4-151,719 lots
- R4A25,853 lots
- R4B15,446 lots
- R589,989 lots
- R5A4,107 lots
- R5B30,617 lots
- R5D4,743 lots
- R667,757 lots
- R6-190 lots
- R6A15,183 lots
- R6B50,728 lots
- R6D168 lots
- R7-113,894 lots
- R7-27,893 lots
- R7-352 lots
- R7A10,748 lots
- R7B3,418 lots
- R7D910 lots
- R7X798 lots
- R84,862 lots
- R8A1,285 lots
- R8B7,362 lots
- R8X174 lots
- R9261 lots
- R9-16 lots
- R9A359 lots
- R9X50 lots
- R10994 lots
- R10A820 lots
- R10H18 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.
- C1-6452 lots
- C1-6A369 lots
- C1-772 lots
- C1-7A100 lots
- C1-813 lots
- C1-8A191 lots
- C1-8X286 lots
- C1-9860 lots
- C1-9A111 lots
- C2-6156 lots
- C2-6A45 lots
- C2-731 lots
- C2-7A130 lots
- C2-8365 lots
- C2-8A101 lots
- C3263 lots
- C3A934 lots
- C4-1385 lots
- C4-21,577 lots
- C4-2A876 lots
- C4-2F8 lots
- C4-31,707 lots
- C4-3A698 lots
- C4-4935 lots
- C4-4A1,096 lots
- C4-4D1,062 lots
- C4-4L337 lots
- C4-5107 lots
- C4-5A55 lots
- C4-5D224 lots
- C4-5X195 lots
- C4-6132 lots
- C4-6A201 lots
- C4-7124 lots
- C5-1272 lots
- C5-1A11 lots
- C5-2364 lots
- C5-2.5179 lots
- C5-2A62 lots
- C5-3562 lots
- C5-441 lots
- C5-5288 lots
- C5-P67 lots
- C6-1501 lots
- C6-111 lots
- C6-121 lots
- C6-1A11 lots
- C6-1G387 lots
- C6-2693 lots
- C6-2A1,430 lots
- C6-2G225 lots
- C6-2M61 lots
- C6-3316 lots
- C6-3A367 lots
- C6-3D13 lots
- C6-3X83 lots
- C6-4872 lots
- C6-4.5246 lots
- C6-4A258 lots
- C6-4M172 lots
- C6-4X75 lots
- C6-563 lots
- C6-5.551 lots
- C6-6222 lots
- C6-6.523 lots
- C6-749 lots
- C6-7T56 lots
- C6-949 lots
- C772 lots
- C7-11 lots
- C8-11,821 lots
- C8-2945 lots
- C8-3306 lots
- C8-4104 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.
- M1-111,934 lots
- M1-1/R564 lots
- M1-1/R6A3 lots
- M1-1/R7-2158 lots
- M1-1/R7D22 lots
- M1-1A/R6B11 lots
- M1-1A/R7-33 lots
- M1-1D370 lots
- M1-22,844 lots
- M1-2/R5B170 lots
- M1-2/R5D148 lots
- M1-2/R6236 lots
- M1-2/R6A1,335 lots
- M1-2/R6B294 lots
- M1-2/R7-14 lots
- M1-2/R7-25 lots
- M1-2/R7A3 lots
- M1-2/R83 lots
- M1-2/R8A15 lots
- M1-2A321 lots
- M1-2A/R6A147 lots
- M1-2A/R7-248 lots
- M1-2A/R7A2 lots
- M1-2D1,003 lots
- M1-3327 lots
- M1-3/R7D18 lots
- M1-3/R7X42 lots
- M1-3/R817 lots
- M1-3A1 lots
- M1-3A/R7A16 lots
- M1-3A/R7D22 lots
- M1-3A/R7X38 lots
- M1-4919 lots
- M1-4/R6A338 lots
- M1-4/R6B463 lots
- M1-4/R7-241 lots
- M1-4/R7-38 lots
- M1-4/R7A245 lots
- M1-4/R7D11 lots
- M1-4/R7X64 lots
- M1-4/R8A55 lots
- M1-4/R98 lots
- M1-4/R9A2 lots
- M1-4A67 lots
- M1-4A/R7-22 lots
- M1-4A/R8A59 lots
- M1-4A/R9A6 lots
- M1-4D297 lots
- M1-5364 lots
- M1-5/R1091 lots
- M1-5/R6A5 lots
- M1-5/R7-228 lots
- M1-5/R7-3116 lots
- M1-5/R7D45 lots
- M1-5/R7X473 lots
- M1-5/R8A31 lots
- M1-5/R952 lots
- M1-5/R9-113 lots
- M1-5/R9A70 lots
- M1-5/R9X172 lots
- M1-5A87 lots
- M1-5A/R814 lots
- M1-5B22 lots
- M1-5M121 lots
- M1-6109 lots
- M1-6/R1094 lots
- M1-6/R8X2 lots
- M1-6/R918 lots
- M1-6A37 lots
- M1-6A/R108 lots
- M1-6A/R81 lots
- M1-6A/R910 lots
- M1-6A/R9A18 lots
- M1-8A/R11199 lots
- M1-8A/R1299 lots
- M1-8A/R9X6 lots
- M1-9A37 lots
- M1-9A/R12294 lots
- M2-11,575 lots
- M2-25 lots
- M2-373 lots
- M2-3A54 lots
- M2-481 lots
- M3-12,418 lots
- M3-2168 lots
- M3-2A7 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 2026-07-11.