M1-2/R8 Zoning District — New York City
M1-2/R8 is a zoning district on New York City's zoning map.
M1-2/R8 is a zoning district on New York City's zoning map. It allows industrial and commercial uses; new residences are generally excluded. 3 tax lots citywide carry M1-2/R8 as their primary zoning designation.
All three tax lots carrying this designation are coded 100% residential and fall entirely, 100%, under a single land-use category: mixed residential-and-commercial use. What stands on them is tall for so few parcels, a median of 17 stories with 67% rising above 6 floors, and comparatively recent, with a median construction year of 2013 and 67% of buildings dated since 2000.
What actually stands in this district
Three tax lots carry this designation, and on the numbers, every measure of use here agrees with every other: 100% of the lots are coded residential, and 100% fall under a single land-use category, mixed residential-and-commercial buildings. That kind of internal agreement — residential share and land-use share landing on the exact same figure — reflects just how few lots and how consistent a footprint this designation covers, rather than a split across several use categories. With only three parcels on record, there is simply no room for a mixed picture to emerge: whatever the first lot shows, the file shows for all of them.
Height on record is substantial for so small a footprint: a median of 17 stories, with 67% of recorded buildings rising above 6 floors. The recorded building classes split between condominiums, 67% of tracked classes, and mixed residential-commercial buildings at 33%, a pairing that lines up with the land-use figure above. The stock is comparatively recent as well: a median construction year of 2013, with 67% of buildings dated 2000 or later and 33% recorded as predating 1940; none, 0%, fall within the 1945-1975 postwar boom. A tall, largely condominium stock built mostly in the past two decades, with only a minority tracing back before 1940, is the picture these three lots present in full.
100% of these lots are coded residential, and together they record 1,032 homes on just three parcels — a large unit count concentrated onto very little ground, consistent with the height described above. The lots themselves are large and, like every other measure here, identical to one another: both the median and the 90th percentile land on 45,767 square feet. A unit count in the thousands spread across only three parcels of this size confirms what the height figure already suggested: this is dense, vertical residential construction on wide ground rather than a sprawl of smaller buildings.
The development ledger shows recorded headroom on part of the footprint: 33% of lots record floor area below their allowance, with a median residual of 0 FAR. 67% of these lots sit inside the mapped federal flood zone, a statement about the regulatory boundary rather than a record of actual flooding, and 33% carry historic-district status on record — landmark review layered onto a stock built mostly since 2000. Between the flood exposure on two of the three lots and the landmark status on one of them, this small footprint carries more recorded overlay than its short construction history alone would suggest. The floor-area and height rules that actually govern this designation are set out, with citations, in the tables above.
Bulk rules for M1-2/R8
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 M1-2/R8
- 85 Jay Street — 134,988 sq ft lot, 7.8 built FAR, built 2018
- 29 Front Street — 45,767 sq ft lot, 7.74 built FAR, built 2013
- 62 Water Street — 2,490 sq ft lot, 3.4 built FAR, built 1855
M1-2/R8 — quick questions
- How many tax lots are zoned M1-2/R8?
- 3 tax lots citywide carry M1-2/R8 as their primary zoning designation, per NYC municipal records as of 2026-07-11.
- What kind of buildings stand on lots zoned this way?
- Condominiums and mixed residential-commercial buildings, split 67% to 33% by tracked building class, at a median height of 17 stories with 67% rising above 6 floors.
- Is this designation entirely residential?
- On record, yes: 100% of the 3 tax lots carrying this designation are coded residential, and 100% fall under a single land-use category, mixed residential-and-commercial use.
- Are lots with this designation in a flood zone?
- Most of them: 67% of these lots sit inside the mapped federal flood zone on record, a statement about the regulatory map rather than a record of actual flooding.
- How old are the buildings recorded under this designation?
- Mostly recent: the median construction year is 2013, with 67% of buildings dated since 2000 and 33% predating 1940. None, 0%, fall within the 1945-1975 postwar boom.
Keep learning
What do the M1-2/R8 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.