C6-2G Zoning District — New York City
C6-2G is a contextual, high-density General Central Commercial District (NYC Zoning Resolution § 11-122) in New York City.
C6-2G is a contextual, high-density General Central Commercial District (NYC Zoning Resolution § 11-122) in New York City. It allows commercial uses, and generally also housing under the rules of a residential-equivalent district. Under the as of right — narrow street rules, the maximum residential FAR is 6.02 and the maximum commercial FAR is 6. 225 tax lots citywide carry C6-2G as their primary zoning designation.
Mapped across roughly 230 tax lots, this designation is a small one whose stock reads older than most: 88% of recorded buildings predate 1940 and the median construction year is 1910. None of these lots carry a recorded historic-district designation and none sit inside the mapped flood zone. Walk-up apartment buildings lead the recorded classes at 50%, and 83% of lots are residential.
What actually stands in this district
This designation covers a comparatively small slice of the map — roughly 230 tax lots on record — and its building stock reads as some of the oldest in this file. 88% of recorded structures predate 1940, the median construction year is 1910, and just 2% of the stock dates from the 1945-to-1975 boom. Recent construction is modest too: 8% of buildings have gone up since 2000, meaning nearly all of what stands here was already standing well before either era. That combination — a prewar share this high alongside a boom-era share this thin — describes a stock whose building timeline was essentially set before the middle of the twentieth century.
Walk-up apartment buildings are the leading recorded class at 50% of the mix, with mixed residential-commercial buildings at 13% and condominium classifications at 10%. Land use tells a similar story: 73% of lots are recorded under mixed residential-and-commercial use, 12% commercial-and-office, and 6% multi-family walk-up. Residential use overall reaches 83% of lots, and the designation's roughly 230 lots carry 3,634 recorded homes between them — a modest population in absolute terms, but a meaningful one relative to a designation this small.
The lots themselves are small and consistent — a median of 2,513 square feet, with the 90th percentile at 7,044 — and buildings run to a median of 5 stories, with 17% recorded above 6 floors. Neither of the two overlay checks common to these pages turns anything up here: 0% of lots carry a historic-district designation on record, and 0% sit inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area. Both readings describe the official maps as they stand, not a guarantee about any one address.
Headroom is broad on paper: 91% of lots record floor area below their allowance, with a median residual of 1.9 FAR. On lots this small and this uniformly built, that gap sits alongside genuinely tight parcels rather than large assemblable sites. The FAR, height, and use rules that govern any lot carrying this designation are set out in the tables above with their citations, and each lot's own recorded detail can be checked individually.
Coverage here is complete rather than partial: none of this designation's recorded stat families are marked null. That matters on a designation this small — with only 230 lots on record, a single unusual parcel could otherwise skew the shares meaningfully, yet the 88% prewar figure and the 91% headroom share both hold across the full set rather than a partial sample. Each of these lots carries its own recorded year-built, class, and floor-area detail, tracked at the individual tax-lot level rather than as a single average.
Bulk rules for C6-2G
| Context | Residential FAR | Commercial FAR | Community facility FAR | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As of right — narrow streetC6-2G — General Central Commercial 'G' district (Lower Manhattan/Chinatown). Established by § 11-12 (live HTML 2026-06-11); no ZR bulk table lists it anywhere (full-ZR sweep 2026-06-11). Per § 11-25, C6-2's rows govern (§ 33-122 commercial FAR 6.00; § 33-123 CF 6.50; § 34-112 residential equivalent R8). The G-suffix differences are use/conversion-related, not bulk. | 6.02 | 6 | 6.5 | NYC Zoning Resolution § 33-122 (C6-2G bulk = C6-2 per § 11-25); § 33-123; § 33-25; § 33-26; § 33-43; § 33-432; § 34-112; § 11-12 |
| As of right — wide streetC6-2G wide-street context — see the narrow-street row for the full § 11-25 inheritance basis; C6-2's wide-street values govern (§ 34-112 → R8 wide 7.20). | 7.2 | 6 | 6.5 | NYC Zoning Resolution § 33-122 (C6-2G bulk = C6-2 per § 11-25); § 33-123; § 33-25; § 33-26; § 33-43; § 33-432; § 34-112; § 11-12 |
Values from the NYC Zoning Resolution, verified 2026-06-12; site-specific overlays, special districts, and waterfront rules can modify them — run a full lookup for a specific lot.
About commercial districts
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.
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 C6-2G
- 60 Canal Street — 6,483 sq ft lot, 11.01 built FAR, built 2014
- 240 Centre Street — 29,375 sq ft lot, 4.7 built FAR, built 1909
- 158 Hester Street — 15,832 sq ft lot, 6.27 built FAR, built 2004
- 80 Elizabeth Street — 17,766 sq ft lot, 4.61 built FAR, built 1929
- 372 Broome Street — 4,592 sq ft lot, 6.09 built FAR, built 1900
- 123 Baxter Street — 10,050 sq ft lot, 5.44 built FAR, built 2003
- 354 Broome Street — 17,422 sq ft lot, 4.43 built FAR, built 1900
- 128 Mott Street — 14,006 sq ft lot, 6.61 built FAR, built 1912
- 130 Bowery — 15,002 sq ft lot, 2.18 built FAR, built 1894
- 132 Mulberry Street — 11,282 sq ft lot, 4.8 built FAR, built 1915
- 146 Bowery — 13,045 sq ft lot, 2.8 built FAR, built 1915
- 133 Mulberry Street — 7,467 sq ft lot, 5.74 built FAR, built 1920
C6-2G — quick questions
- What is the maximum residential FAR in C6-2G?
- 6.02, as of right — narrow street, per NYC Zoning Resolution § 33-122 (C6-2G bulk = C6-2 per § 11-25); § 33-123; § 33-25; § 33-26; § 33-43; § 33-432; § 34-112; § 11-12. Site-specific overlays, special districts, and waterfront rules can modify it — run a full lookup for a specific lot.
- What is the maximum commercial FAR in C6-2G?
- 6, as of right — narrow street, per NYC Zoning Resolution § 33-122 (C6-2G bulk = C6-2 per § 11-25); § 33-123; § 33-25; § 33-26; § 33-43; § 33-432; § 34-112; § 11-12. Site-specific overlays, special districts, and waterfront rules can modify it — run a full lookup for a specific lot.
- Is C6-2G a contextual district?
- Yes. C6-2G is a contextual district — its bulk rules pair floor-area ceilings with prescribed base and maximum building heights intended to mirror existing neighborhood form.
- What era does most of this designation's stock date from?
- Mostly prewar: 88% of recorded buildings predate 1940, with a median construction year of 1910 and just 2% from the 1945-to-1975 boom.
- Do any of these lots sit inside a historic district?
- No — 0% of lots carrying this designation record a historic-district designation.
- Is this designation exposed to recorded flood risk?
- No — 0% of these lots sit inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area.
- How much unused floor area do these lots record?
- 91% of lots record floor area below their allowance, with a median residual of 1.9 FAR.
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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.