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M1-6A/R10 Zoning District — New York City

M1-6A/R10 is a zoning district on New York City's zoning map.

M1-6A/R10 is a zoning district on New York City's zoning map. It allows industrial and commercial uses; new residences are generally excluded. 8 tax lots citywide carry M1-6A/R10 as their primary zoning designation.

This designation is one of the smaller footprints in the file, just 8 tax lots citywide, and half of its recorded building stock, 50%, is classed as vacant land. Every one of these lots, 100%, records floor area below its allowance, with a median residual of 8.8 FAR — among the widest recorded gaps in this batch. The file carries no reliable year-built or floor-height coverage here, and lots run large, with a median of 30,000 square feet.

What actually stands in this district

Vacant land defines the recorded building-class file for this designation more than any other single category: 50% of the stock across these 8 tax lots is classed as vacant land, with warehouses adding 25% and factory-and-industrial buildings a further 13%. Land use points the same direction — vacant-land use covers 50% of lots, industrial-and-manufacturing use another 38%, and commercial-and-office use 13% — describing a designation that is still substantially unbuilt or given over to industrial storage rather than occupied structures. With only 8 lots carrying this designation citywide, that vacant-land majority is a description of the specific parcels on file rather than a broad citywide pattern.

Development headroom is close to total: every one of these 8 lots, 100%, records floor area below its allowance, with a median residual of 8.8 FAR — one of the widest gaps any designation in this batch carries. That figure is consistent with the vacant-land share above: a stock this empty on the ground naturally leaves most of its recorded capacity unused. None of these lots, 0%, are coded residential, though the file still counts 4 units on record — a detail worth noting rather than smoothing over, since a lot can carry a unit count on file without being classed as residential land use.

The file carries no reliable year-built or floor-height coverage for this designation — both families are absent, so no construction-era or height claim can be made honestly for these 8 lots. That gap is a data-coverage absence, not evidence that nothing has been built or that every lot is identical; it simply means age and height are not reliably recorded here. What is recorded is scale: lots run to a median of 30,000 square feet, with the largest reaching 43,700 square feet, sizable ground even before any construction is counted — scale that lines up with the industrial and vacant-land uses recorded above rather than with any compact residential pattern.

Neither flood exposure nor landmark status appears in the record: 0% of these lots sit inside the mapped federal flood zone, and 0% carry historic-district status — a double absence that leaves the vacant-land share and the near-total headroom figure above as the measures that most define this designation's file. With so few lots carrying this designation, each one's own recorded figures matter more than any citywide share; a closer look at any single parcel lives on that lot's own page, and the floor-area and height rules that govern this designation are cited, with their sections, in the tables above.

Bulk rules for M1-6A/R10

This code appears on the City's zoning map, but it doesn't have a standalone bulk-rules table — paired and non-standard map designations are governed at the individual-lot level. Run a lookup on a specific address for its governing rules.

About manufacturing districts

Manufacturing districts allow industrial and many commercial uses; new residences are generally excluded. Manufacturing bulk is governed by § 43- of the NYC Zoning Resolution.

Contextual districts pair their floor-area ceilings with prescribed base and maximum building heights so new buildings mirror existing neighborhood form; non-contextual districts govern the envelope through more general height and setback rules, such as sky exposure planes. Commercial districts also allow residences under the rules of a residential-equivalent district, while manufacturing districts generally exclude new residences. Overlays and special purpose districts can modify any of this on a specific lot.

Example lots zoned M1-6A/R10

Browse all 8 lots zoned M1-6A/R10

M1-6A/R10 — quick questions

How many tax lots are zoned M1-6A/R10?
8 tax lots citywide carry M1-6A/R10 as their primary zoning designation, per NYC municipal records as of 2026-07-11.
How many tax lots carry this designation?
Just 8 citywide, one of the smaller footprints in this file, carrying 4 recorded units.
What kind of building stock does this designation cover?
Mostly vacant land: 50% of the recorded building classes are classed as vacant, with warehouses at 25% and factory-and-industrial buildings at 13%.
Is there recorded room to build more here?
Yes, close to universally: 100% of these 8 lots record floor area below their allowance, with a median residual of 8.8 FAR.
Does the record show when these buildings went up?
Not honestly: this designation carries no reliable year-built or floor-height coverage, consistent with a stock still substantially unbuilt.

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What do the M1-6A/R10 rules mean for 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 data: NYC municipal records (Department of City Planning) and the NYC Zoning Resolution. See our sources and methodology. Parcel data as of 2026-07-11.