Zoning districts

A residence district, designated by the letter R, is a zoning district in which only residences and community facilities are permitted. There are 10 kinds of residential zones in the…

A commercial district, designated by the letter C, is a zoning district in which com­mercial uses are allowed. In most types of commercial districts, residential and community facility uses may…

A manufacturing district, designated by the letter M, is a zoning district in which manufacturing uses, most commercial uses and some community facility uses are permitted. Profit-driven rezonings from manufacturing…

A mixed use (MX) district is a special purpose district in a former manufacturing district, that has been rezoned to allow manufacturing and residential use. In practice, residential uses tend…

A community facility use provides educational, health, recreational, religious or other services for the community it serves and is generally allowed as-of right in most zoning districts.

A special district is a tailored zoning district that overrides the underlying zoning rules in order to advance particular goals - such as permitting more uses than would normally be…

Industrial Business Zones (IBZs) were established under the Bloomberg administration to serve as havens for industrial businesses and uses, with a committment from the City that they would not seek…

A zoning district is a residential, commercial or manufac­turing area of the city within which specific zoning regulations govern land use and building bulk (see FAR). Zoning districts are shown…