PLUTO building classes — nyc_pluto_bldg_class

Building class codes used in PLUTO, with their descriptions and land use categories.

Usage

nyc_pluto_bldg_class_df

Format

`nyc_pluto_bldg_class_df`

A tibble with 225 rows and 4 columns:

bldgclass: Two-character building class code (character). Joins to bldgclass in nyc_pluto(). The first character is the general class: for example A one-family dwellings, B two-family, C walk-up apartments, D elevator apartments, R condominiums, V vacant land.
description: Description of the class (character).
landuse: Land use category the class is assigned to, "01"–"11" (character). See nyc_pluto_land_use_df. NA for unassigned classes.
source: Source of the code: "DOF" for Department of Finance building classes, "DCP" for classes the Department of City Planning adds in PLUTO (character).

Source

NYC Department of Finance, Annualized Calendar Sales Update data dictionary, https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/w2pb-icbu; NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO data dictionary 26v2, appendices C and D.

Details

DCP assigns its own classes to condominium billing lots whose units have mixed classes: RC (mixed commercial), RD (mixed residential), RM (residential and commercial), RI (commercial and industrial), RX (residential, commercial, and industrial), and RZ (residential and industrial). It also assigns Q0 to vacant lots mapped as parks and QG to vacant lots with community gardens.

A few codes in PLUTO 26v2 are not defined in either dictionary: CB, CC, DB, DC, VC, and VG (118 lots).

Author

Kieran Healy