Plate 36 of 116BronxBronx Community Board 4

1337 Jerome Avenue

This site can hold about 60–80 homes under the zoning maximum for qualifying affordable or senior housing. The City's LIFT tracker lists 50.

In depth
Tracker status: Pre-RFP
Lead agency: HPD

View in ZoLa Checks and sources

Block 2856, lot 51Tax lots from MapPLUTO; street names from the Digital City Map. Pink: this site. Hatched: other City-owned lots. Heavy lines: block edges.

What can legally go here

Floor area follows exactly from the Zoning Resolution. Homes are a range, because unit size and building efficiency are choices.

Lot area: 6,516 sq ft
Zoning district: R8A
Maximum residential floor area: 44,293 sq ft6,516 sq ft × (0.659 × 7.20 + 0.341 × 6.02) FAR
With qualifying affordable or senior housing: 53,099 sq ft6,516 sq ft × (0.659 × 8.64 + 0.341 × 7.20) FAR
Maximum community facility floor area: 42,354 sq ft6,516 sq ft × 6.50 FAR

Homes, as a range

Case	Homes	How
Low	62	53,099 sq ft × 0.7 ÷ 599 sq ft
Base	76	53,099 sq ft × 0.8 ÷ 553 sq ft
High	78	53,099 sq ft × 0.85 ÷ 514 sq ft = 87, capped at 53,099 ÷ 680 (ZR 23-52)

Floor area × efficiency ÷ average home size. Efficiency 0.7–0.85; average home 514–599 sq ft. Assumptions and their basis.

What binds first

Floor area

None of the earlier constraints on our list applies, so the maximum floor area the zoning allows is the limit.

What the neighborhood asked for

Bronx Community Board 4's formal requests to the City, from its annual Statement of Community District Needs and Budget Requests.

Each quotation below was found word for word on the cited page by script. None reviewed by a person yet.

Other requests in these categories

Older adultsExpense request to Department for the Aging
Transportation Access for Seniors
“We are demanding an update on the status of DFTA's "My Ride" pilot program, launched in fall 2021 in several districts including CB4. …”
FY2027 statement, p. 34 · priority 1 of 2 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseFurther study by the agency of this request is needed.
Older adultsExpense request to Department for the Aging
Transportation Access for Seniors
“We are demanding an update on the status of DFTA's "My Ride" pilot program, launched in fall 2021 in several districts including CD 4. …”
FY2027 statement, p. 34 · priority 2 of 2 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseFurther study by the agency of this request is needed.
Open spaceCapital request to Department of Parks and Recreation
Claremont Park repairs.
“Replace or upgrade all the benches in Claremont Park.”
FY2027 statement, p. 30 · priority 11 of 16 within the agency · awaiting a person's review
ResponseThe agency recommends funding this budget request, but at this time the availability of funds is uncertain. OMB supports the agency's position.

3 other requests in these categories are listed on the web page.

What gets in the way

Flags are flags, not verdicts. Each comes from a public layer, named in the sources.

Note
In a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area
MIH options 1 and 3 apply, so new housing here must include permanently affordable homes (ZR 27-131).
Note
In the Special Jerome Corridor District
In R8A districts within 100 feet of a wide street and outside Mandatory Inclusionary Housing areas, the R8 wide-street floor area rules apply (7.20, or 8.64 with UAP or senior housing) instead of R8A's 6.02 and 7.20. Its floor area rules are applied above (ZR 23-22, 141-22).
Note
Rezoning under discussion
1337 Jerome Avenue (HPD Neighborhood Builders Fast Track): possible rezoning R8A to R9A. Being explored by HPD, not filed. The figures above use current zoning, not the proposed zoning.

Nearest subway station: 170 St (4), 540 ft in a straight line.

What this doesn't account for

This page shows what public data and the zoning text can tell us. These questions need information that isn't public, or a decision that isn't ours.

Public land use review (ULURP). Selling or leasing City land, or approving a housing project on it, generally goes through ULURP (community board, borough president, City Planning Commission, City Council), and this estimate does not presume the outcome.
Disposition of City property (Charter 384 / UDAAP). Transferring the land needs Mayoral approval under Charter Sec. 384 and, for HPD projects, usually Urban Development Action Area designation and project approval under NY General Municipal Law Article 16.
Environmental review (CEQR/SEQRA). Any discretionary approval, disposition or City funding triggers CEQR/SEQRA review, which can require mitigation (e.g. for hazardous materials, noise or historic resources) or reshape the project.
(E) designations. A lot with an (E) designation or environmental restrictive declaration for hazardous materials, air quality or noise cannot receive building permits until the Office of Environmental Remediation signs off.
Subsurface and site conditions. Unknown soil, rock, groundwater and contamination can shrink or eliminate cellars and add foundation and cleanup costs, and HPD requires every project to investigate and, if needed, remediate contamination.
Deed restrictions and reverter clauses. Land the City bought or sold may carry deed restrictions or reverter clauses limiting its use, which must be checked in title records (ACRIS) and DCAS's deed-restriction database.
Parkland alienation. If a site is municipal parkland, it cannot be sold or used for housing without an act of the State Legislature signed by the Governor.
Current occupants, uses and agency plans. Many City-owned lots are in active use or assigned to an agency, or have funded capital projects, and this estimate does not reflect relocation needs or agency plans (check COLP and the Capital Commitment Plan).
Mapped streets, easements and utilities. Mapped-but-unbuilt ('paper') streets, sewer and water easements and utility lines can take land out of the buildable area, and no permit may be issued for a building in the bed of a mapped street.
Street access. A lot with no frontage on a mapped street cannot get a building permit on its own and must be combined with a neighboring lot or have access mapped.
Landmarks review. Sites that are individual landmarks or inside historic districts need Landmarks Preservation Commission approval, which can limit demolition, height and bulk.
Flood-resistant construction. Sites in the 1% annual chance floodplain (or the 0.2% shaded X-Zone for critical facilities) must meet Building Code Appendix G, whose elevation and floodproofing rules can cost usable ground-floor and cellar space.
Airport height limits. Near JFK, LaGuardia and Floyd Bennett Field, zoning flight-obstruction surfaces cap building height, and tall structures anywhere need FAA notice.
State and federal funding conditions. Federal or State money brings its own requirements (e.g. HUD environmental review under 24 CFR Part 58, Davis-Bacon prevailing wages, Section 3 hiring) that can change cost, timing and program.
Zoning capacity is a ceiling, not a plan. The figures show what zoning allows, and actual HPD projects often build less, for example to fit neighborhood context, a community facility or funding limits.

Checks

What has been verified on this page, and by what.

Tax lots (1): 2-02856-0051Confirmed against City Planning Commission report C 140231 PPX (DCAS disposition, 1337 Jerome Avenue)
Zoning checked against DCP's zoning data: Agrees
Floor area checked by an independent recalculation: Agrees
Notes: Zoning on the one confirmed lot (2028560051, R8A with C2-4 overlay, Special Jerome District) matches DCP's Carto and AGOL zoning data (dcp_mappluto and zoning polygons, 2026-09-24); ZoLa's own requests were not observed. The underlying R8A figures matched exactly (39,226 / 46,915 / 42,354 sq ft). The recalculation also found that DCP’s MIH layer covers only the rear ~34% of the lot, and that on the front part, outside MIH and within 100 ft of Jerome Ave (mapped 100 ft), Special Jerome District ZR 141-22 applies R8 wide-street ratios (7.20 / 8.64): about 44,100–44,300 sq ft standard, 52,900–53,100 affordable, homes 61–62 / 76 / 78. The app now applies both (44,293 / 53,099 sq ft; homes 62 / 76 / 78).

Open data issues for this site are listed on the method page.

Sources

Superscript numbers next to figures refer to this list. Select one to see the source.

LIFT Tracker (Land Inventory Fast Track), ArcGIS layer LIFT_Tracker/FeatureServer/0Dataset · NYC Mayor's Office · as of July 30, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
City Planning Commission report C 140231 PPX (DCAS disposition, 1337 Jerome Avenue), PDF page 1, first paragraphDocument · as of June 25, 2014
MapPLUTO 26v2Dataset · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 9, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
Zoning Resolution § 141-22, Special Jerome Corridor District: R8A: 7.20 FARZoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
Zoning Resolution § 23-22, R8A: 6.02 FARZoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
Zoning Resolution § 141-22, Special Jerome Corridor District: R8A, UAP development or qualifying senior housing (outside MIH areas): 8.64 FARZoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
Zoning Resolution § 23-22, R8A, qualifying affordable housing or qualifying senior housing: 7.20 FARZoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
Zoning Resolution § 24-11, R8A: 6.50 FARZoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
Declared assumption: building efficiency, low 0.7, base 0.8, high 0.85Declared assumption · as of September 23, 2026
Declared assumption: average home size (net), low 514, base 553, high 599 sq ftDeclared assumption · as of September 23, 2026
Zoning Resolution § 23-52, Dwelling unit factor 680Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning
Zoning Resolution rules pack, 248 districts, every value cited to a ZR sectionZoning Resolution · Public Ground, from the NYC Zoning Resolution
Special district floor area rules, 26 special districts, 21 floor area rulesZoning Resolution · Public Ground, from the NYC Zoning Resolution
Zoning Resolution § 141-22, Special Jerome Corridor DistrictZoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning · as of September 10, 2026
1337 Jerome Avenue (HPD Neighborhood Builders Fast Track): possible rezoning R8A to R9ADocument · City of New York · as of September 14, 2026
FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Bronx Community Board 4 FY2027, PDF p. 34Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
FY2027 Register of Community Board Budget Requests (Adopted Budget), Bronx Community Board 4 FY2027 Adopted, Agency responseDocument · NYC Office of Management and Budget · as of June 30, 2026
FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Bronx Community Board 4 FY2027, PDF p. 30Document · NYC Department of City Planning · retrieved September 23, 2026
MTA Subway StationsDataset · Metropolitan Transportation Authority · as of September 23, 2026 · retrieved September 23, 2026
Digital City Map street centerlinesDataset · NYC Department of City Planning · as of December 1, 2025 · retrieved September 23, 2026
New York City Charter Sec. 197-c (Uniform land use review procedure), Sec. 197-c(a)(8) and (a)(10)Document
NYC Charter Sec. 384 (Disposal of property of the city), Sec. 384(a)Document
CEQR Technical Manual, Chapter 2 (December 2025 edition), PDF p. 1 (printed p. 2-1)Document
Zoning Resolution 11-15 (Environmental Requirements), ZR 11-15(a); last amended 2012-03-28Document
HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 13, Secs. 1.1.1 and 1.1.4Document
Deed Restriction Database (NYC Open Data rfu7-paqe), dataset descriptionDocument
Handbook on the Alienation and Conversion of Municipal Parkland (NYS OPRHP, revised 2017-09-01), PDF p. 3, 'Parkland Alienation'Document
City Owned and Leased Property (COLP), NYC Open Data fn4k-qyk2, dataset description (version 20260430)Document
NY General City Law Sec. 35, GCL 35Document
NY General City Law Sec. 36, GCL 36Document
LPC - Applications page, page textDocument
2022 NYC Building Code, Appendix G (as amended by Local Law 77 of 2023), PDF p. 1, Sec. G102.1Document
Zoning Resolution 61-21 (Restriction on Highest Projection of Building or Structure), ZR 61-21; 61-11 designates JFK, LaGuardia and U.S. Naval Air Station (Floyd Bennett Field)Document
HPD ELLA Term Sheet (updated 2020-03-10), PDF p. 4Document
CPC report C 260071 HAM (1727 Amsterdam Avenue), PDF p. 8Document

1. LIFT Tracker (Land Inventory Fast Track)

Dataset · NYC Mayor's Office

Where: ArcGIS layer LIFT_Tracker/FeatureServer/0
As of: July 30, 2026
Retrieved: September 23, 2026

One point per project. BBLs resolved by point-in-lot against MapPLUTO, HPD's Local Law 125 report, or address geocoding; see the method page.

Open source

2. City Planning Commission report C 140231 PPX (DCAS disposition, 1337 Jerome Avenue)

Document

Where: PDF page 1, first paragraph
As of: June 25, 2014

for the disposition of one city-owned property located at 1337 Jerome Avenue (Block 2856, Lot 51) pursuant to zoning

Confirms the tax lots that make up this site.

Open source

3. MapPLUTO 26v2

Dataset · NYC Department of City Planning

As of: September 9, 2026
Retrieved: September 23, 2026

Open source

4. Zoning Resolution § 141-22

Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: Special Jerome Corridor District: R8A: 7.20 FAR
As of: September 10, 2026

For zoning lots in R8A Districts, or Commercial Districts mapped within, or with a residential equivalent of an R8A District, within 100 feet of a wide street located outside of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing areas, the underlying floor area provisions applicable to an R8 District within 100 feet of a wide street shall apply.

Read with ZR § 23-22: "R8 | 7.20¹ | 8.64²" ZR § 23-22: "¹ For zoning lots, or portions thereof, located within 100 feet of a wide street"

Open source

5. Zoning Resolution § 23-22

Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: R8A: 6.02 FAR
As of: September 10, 2026

R8A R8X R8 | 6.02 | 7.20

Open source

6. Zoning Resolution § 141-22

Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: Special Jerome Corridor District: R8A, UAP development or qualifying senior housing (outside MIH areas): 8.64 FAR
As of: September 10, 2026

Read with ZR § 23-22: "R8 | 7.20¹ | 8.64²" ZR § 23-22: "² Outside of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing areas, for zoning lots, or portions thereof, located within 100 feet of a wide street, containing UAP developments or qualifying senior housing"

Open source

7. Zoning Resolution § 23-22

Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: R8A, qualifying affordable housing or qualifying senior housing: 7.20 FAR
As of: September 10, 2026

R8A R8X R8 | 6.02 | 7.20

Open source

8. Zoning Resolution § 24-11

Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: R8A: 6.50 FAR
As of: September 10, 2026

R8A | 6.50 | 80 | 70

Open source

9. Declared assumption: building efficiency

Declared assumption

Where: low 0.7, base 0.8, high 0.85
As of: September 23, 2026

Net home area as a share of residential floor area. Basis: 2025 HCR Design Guidelines, PDF p. 40, Sec. 3.4.1a 'Overall Building Efficiency', Table 3.4.1; 2025 HCR Design Guidelines, PDF p. 40, Sec. 3.4.1; Market & Financial Study: NYC Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (BAE Urban Economics, BJH Advisors, James Lima Planning + Development), PDF p. 68 (printed p. 64), Appendix C, Table C-1 'Developer Interview Summary'; Market & Financial Study: NYC Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, PDF p. 41 (printed p. 37), 'Zoning and Floor Area Ratio'; HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 28, 'Unit Area Calculation'. Our assumption; no City agency publishes this ratio.

Open source

10. Declared assumption: average home size (net)

Declared assumption

Where: low 514, base 553, high 599 sq ft
As of: September 23, 2026

HPD target net areas by bedroom count, weighted by HPD's observed bedroom mix. Basis: HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 31, Sec. 4.4.1; HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 33, Sec. 4.5.1; HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 36, Sec. 4.6.1; HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 39, Sec. 4.7.1; HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 42, Sec. 4.8.1; HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026, PDF p. 6, 'Applicability'; HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction, Version 2.02 (edition in force before 2026-10-01), PDF pp. 42-58 (e.g. p. 44 for 0-BR, p. 58 for 4-BR), Secs. 5.3-5.8 tables 'TARGET NET'; HPD ELLA Term Sheet (Extremely Low & Low-Income Affordability), PDF p. 5, 'Design and Construction Requirements'; Affordable Housing Production by Building (NYC Open Data hg8x-zxpr), fields studio_units, _1_br_units ... _6_br_units; filter reporting_construction_type='New Construction' AND all_counted_units >= total_units - 1.

Open source

11. Zoning Resolution § 23-52

Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: Dwelling unit factor 680

In the districts indicated, for buildings containing multiple dwelling residences, the maximum number of dwelling units permitted shall be determined by dividing the maximum residential floor area permitted on the zoning lot by the applicable dwelling unit factor. ... For all other types of multiple dwelling residences, the applicable dwelling unit factor shall be 680. Fractions equal to or greater than three-quarters resulting from this calculation shall be considered to be one dwelling unit.

Open source

12. Zoning Resolution rules pack

Zoning Resolution · Public Ground, from the NYC Zoning Resolution

Where: 248 districts, every value cited to a ZR section

ZR text: ZR site home page: "All text changes approved by the city council as of Sep 10, 2026". Every Article II section cited here (21-14, 23-xx, 24-xx, 27-xx) and 62-32x, 74-79, 75-24, 75-42x shows "Last Amended 12/5/2024" (City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, N 240290 ZRY); exceptions among cited sections: 11-122 (8/14/2025, Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan), 11-25 (6/29/1994), 12-10 page (3/26/2026), 62-361 (7/16/2026); no citywide (ZRY) text amendment has been adopted since (Recently Adopted list, 12/5/2024-9/10/2026, contains only site-specific and neighborhood amendments). 12-10 "wide street" last amended 3/26/2026 (Allen Street Mall, N 250307 ZRM - adds Allen Street roadways in Manhattan CD 3).

Open source

13. Special district floor area rules

Zoning Resolution · Public Ground, from the NYC Zoning Resolution

Where: 26 special districts, 21 floor area rules

Floor area rules of special purpose districts, authored from the Zoning Resolution (text as of 2026-09-10) with a quoted section for every value.

Open source

14. Zoning Resolution § 141-22

Zoning Resolution · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: Special Jerome Corridor District
As of: September 10, 2026

Open source

15. 1337 Jerome Avenue (HPD Neighborhood Builders Fast Track): possible rezoning R8A to R9A

Document · City of New York

As of: September 14, 2026

Being explored by HPD, not filed. No ZAP project lists BBL 2028560051 other than P2013X0502 (2014 disposition, completed).

Open source

16. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Bronx Community Board 4 FY2027

Document · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: PDF p. 34
Retrieved: September 23, 2026

Open source

17. FY2027 Register of Community Board Budget Requests (Adopted Budget), Bronx Community Board 4 FY2027 Adopted

Document · NYC Office of Management and Budget

Where: Agency response
As of: June 30, 2026

Open source

18. FY2027 Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests, Bronx Community Board 4 FY2027

Document · NYC Department of City Planning

Where: PDF p. 30
Retrieved: September 23, 2026

Open source

19. MTA Subway Stations

Dataset · Metropolitan Transportation Authority

As of: September 23, 2026
Retrieved: September 23, 2026

Open source

20. Digital City Map street centerlines

Dataset · NYC Department of City Planning

As of: December 1, 2025
Retrieved: September 23, 2026

Open source

21. New York City Charter Sec. 197-c (Uniform land use review procedure)

Document

Where: Sec. 197-c(a)(8) and (a)(10)

(8) Housing and urban renewal plans and projects pursuant to city, state and federal housing laws; ... (10) Sale, lease (other than the lease of office space), exchange, or other disposition of the real property of the city

Open source

22. NYC Charter Sec. 384 (Disposal of property of the city)

Document

Where: Sec. 384(a)

No real property of the city may be sold, leased, exchanged or otherwise disposed of except with the approval of the mayor and as may be provided by law unless such power is expressly vested by law in another agency.

Open source

23. CEQR Technical Manual, Chapter 2 (December 2025 edition)

Document

Where: PDF p. 1 (printed p. 2-1)

CEQR requires all city agencies to determine whether discretionary actions they directly approve, fund, or undertake may significantly and adversely affect the environment.

Open source

24. Zoning Resolution 11-15 (Environmental Requirements)

Document

Where: ZR 11-15(a); last amended 2012-03-28

Prior to issuing a building permit or temporary or final certificate of occupancy ... on a tax lot that has an (E) designation or an environmental restrictive declaration related to hazardous materials, noise or air quality, the Department of Buildings (DOB) shall be furnished with a notice issued by OER stating that OER does not object

Open source

25. HPD Design Guidelines for New Construction 2026

Document

Where: PDF p. 13, Secs. 1.1.1 and 1.1.4

1.1.1 Avoid excessive excavation. Particularly in areas with unknown subsurface conditions, and where rock or high-water tables are prevalent, proposed cellars may have to be reduced, relocated, or even eliminated.

Open source

26. Deed Restriction Database (NYC Open Data rfu7-paqe)

Document

Where: dataset description

A searchable electronic database of all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed by the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, pursuant to Local Law 176 of 2016.

Open source

27. Handbook on the Alienation and Conversion of Municipal Parkland (NYS OPRHP, revised 2017-09-01)

Document

Where: PDF p. 3, 'Parkland Alienation'

In order to convey parkland away, or to use parkland for another purpose, a municipality must receive prior authorization from the State in the form of legislation enacted by the New York State Legislature and approved by the Governor.

Open source

28. City Owned and Leased Property (COLP), NYC Open Data fn4k-qyk2

Document

Where: dataset description (version 20260430)

City Owned and Leased Properties (COLP) is published by the Department of City Planning (DCP) as required by chapter 204 of the City Charter. It includes the location and current use of all City-owned and leased properties.

Open source

29. NY General City Law Sec. 35

Document

Where: GCL 35

For the purpose of preserving the integrity of such official map or plan no permit shall hereafter be issued for any building in the bed of any street or highway shown or laid out on such map or plan

Open source

30. NY General City Law Sec. 36

Document

Where: GCL 36

No permit for the erection of any building shall be issued unless a street or highway giving access to such proposed structure has been duly placed on the official map or plan

Open source

31. LPC - Applications page

Document

Where: page text

The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) helps preserve the City's designated landmark properties by regulating changes made to these buildings and sites.

Open source

32. 2022 NYC Building Code, Appendix G (as amended by Local Law 77 of 2023)

Document

Where: PDF p. 1, Sec. G102.1

This appendix, in conjunction with the New York City Construction Codes, provides minimum requirements for development located, in whole or in part, in special flood hazard areas and shaded X-Zones within the jurisdiction of New York City

Open source

33. Zoning Resolution 61-21 (Restriction on Highest Projection of Building or Structure)

Document

Where: ZR 61-21; 61-11 designates JFK, LaGuardia and U.S. Naval Air Station (Floyd Bennett Field)

the highest projection of any building or other structure hereafter constructed ... shall not penetrate: (a) the approach surfaces, the transitional surfaces, the horizontal surface, or the conical surface, whichever is more restrictive, within the Airport Approach District of the flight obstruction area

Open source

34. HPD ELLA Term Sheet (updated 2020-03-10)

Document

Where: PDF p. 4

Projects funded with Federal funds require compliance with Section 3 new hires and Davis Bacon prevailing wages, as applicable.

Open source

35. CPC report C 260071 HAM (1727 Amsterdam Avenue)

Document

Where: PDF p. 8

while CHO increased the maximum floor area permitted on the project site, the project sponsor does not intend to take advantage of the additional floor area.

Open source