Build the waterfront home you never thought you could have in New York City. 83 Rochelle Street on City Island presents an exceptionally rare opportunity to create a custom waterfront residence with private beach access, mooring rights, sweeping water views, and incredible sightlines toward Manhattan, the Throgs Neck Bridge, and the Whitestone Bridge. Located in an R3A zoning district within the Special City Island District, the property offers potential for a detached one- or two-family residence, subject to all applicable NYC zoning, building, waterfront, environmental, and Special City Island District regulations. Even more unique, the property is not located in a designated flood zone, adding another important advantage for a waterfront site. A separate parking lot is also available, offering additional space for vehicle parking, boat storage, or other permitted uses. This is not simply a vacant lot. It is an opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind waterfront lifestyle. Design a custom home with expansive windows, terraces, outdoor entertaining space, and panoramic views across the water. Step outside to your private beach, enjoy direct waterfront access, and take advantage of valuable mooring rights for the ultimate City Island experience. City Island offers a rare combination of coastal charm and New York City convenience, with marinas, restaurants, boating, waterfront recreation, and a distinctive neighborhood atmosphere just minutes from the rest of the Bronx and surrounding Westchester communities. Waterfront buildable land with this combination of location, views, beach access, mooring rights, bridge views, and additional parking and boat storage potential is incredibly difficult to find within New York City. Bring your architect, bring your vision, and build something truly special at 83 Rochelle Street. All information, including zoning, buildability, flood-zone status, mooring rights, beach rights, permitted uses, lot dimensions, FAR, setbacks, environmental conditions, utilities, parking, boat storage, and potential improvements, is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Buyer and buyer’s representatives must independently verify all information and development potential with the appropriate NYC agencies and qualified professionals.
Vacant landProperty Type
2,738 sq ftLot Size
$182Price/Sq.Ft.
Listing by Daniel D'Amico• Damico Group Real Estate
City Island, located between Pelham Bay Park and Eastchester Bay, is a waterfront and village-like New York neighborhood with a working marina and a seafood-row main street. The neighborhood’s character concentrates along City Island Avenue near the City Island Bridge, where bait shops, oyster bars, and old-school taverns line the sidewalks beside dock gates. Clapboard cottages and captain’s houses sit close to the street, while boatyards and slips edge the shoreline. Johnny’s Reef anchors the casual dockside ritual, and the City Island Nautical Museum keeps local maritime lore in view. Orchard Beach and the Pelham Bay Park trails frame daily routines with salt air and long horizons.
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Waterfront land opportunity in City Island. 83 Rochelle Street is a rare vacant direct waterfront parcel offering the chance to build a truly special custom residence or explore other permitted possibilities in one of New York City’s most unique coastal communities. This lot presents an exceptional opportunity for builders, investors, or end users seeking to expand the assemblage and create something remarkable with direct water frontage. Zoning is reported as R3A. Based on the Special City Island zoning overlay, buyers should explore potential uses including single family, multi family, or other allowable residential configurations, subject to approvals and verification by licensed professionals. This lot can be sold separately or as a package deal with 99, 101, and 103 Rochelle Street making for a unique development opportunity on City Island. Total asking price if purchased with all 4 will be $1,250,000. Enjoy the charm of City Island with its waterfront setting, marinas, dining, and village style atmosphere, all while remaining within New York City. A rare chance to secure waterfront land with strong upside potential. All information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Buyers should independently verify lot dimensions, zoning, environmental conditions, permits, utility access, and development potential with their attorney, architect, engineer, and other professionals.
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Last updated by owner on Apr 21, 2026.
R3A
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Low-Density Non-Contextual Residence District
Characteristic of many of the city's older neighborhoods, R3A contextual districts feature modest single- and two-family detached residences on zoning lots as narrow as 25 ft in width. Parts of College Point and Whitestone in Queens, City Island in the Bronx and Port Richmond in Staten Island are typical R3A neighborhoods. The amount of required open space on residential lots in R3A districts is governed by yard requirements. New detached homes must have two side yards totaling at least 8 ft, but there is no minimum width requirement for either one. R3A districts also permit zero lot line buildings which are set along a side lot line and have 1 side yard at least 8 ft wide. The front yard of a new home must be at least 10 ft deep and, to promote a unified streetscape, it must be as deep as an adjacent front yard but need not exceed a depth of 20 ft. The maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.5 may be increased up to 20 percent by an attic allowance for the inclusion of space beneath a pitched roof. The perimeter wall may rise to 21 ft before sloping or being set back to a maximum building height of 35 ft. Parking is in the side or rear yard but an in-house garage is allowed if the lot is 35 ft or wider, provided the driveway is at least 18 ft deep. One off-street parking space is required for each dwelling unit.
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Greenhouse / nursery
Community / recreation center
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Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
1/10 Fire Factor
Unlikely to be in a wildfire in next 30 years
6/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 98° expected this year, 14 days in 30 years
6/10 Wind Factor
27% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
4/10 Air Factor
6 unhealthy days expected this year, 6 days in 30 years
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This home receives average direct sun exposure in Bronx. There appears to be some shading by surrounding buildings, terrain, and vegetation.
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