120 E 117th St
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 120 East 117th Street · 10035
At a glance
120 E 117th St is a 4,470-square-foot multifamily housing building at 120 East 117th Street in New York City, New York, built in 1910. In its 2023 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 138.2 kBtu/ft² and 39 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 138.2 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 187.8 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 39 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 8.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 31,962 kWh |
| Natural gas | 5,089 therms |
| Gross floor area | 4,470 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:5004566:2023 |
Compliance context
Local Law 84 (LL84)
Under Local Law 97, buildings over 25,000 sq ft face carbon caps with fines of $268 per metric ton of CO₂e over the limit, phasing in from 2024.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 120 East 117th Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10035
- Coordinates
- 40.79964, -73.94196
Within ~1 km
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How does 120 E 117th St compare with other multifamily housing buildings in New York City?
The latest disclosures cover 33,022 multifamily housing buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 138.2 kBtu/ft² is about 85% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 8.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 67% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 4,470 sq ft, it is about 96% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1910, 42 years earlier than the group's average year built (1952). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 138.2 kBtu/ft² mean?
Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. 120 E 117th St's 138.2 kBtu/ft² across 4,470 sq ft works out to about 0.6 billion Btu (181 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 187.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 31,962 kWh of electricity and 5,089 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 120 E 117th St to report its energy use?
120 E 117th St reports under Local Law 84 (LL84), the legal basis of New York City's Energy and Water Data Disclosure program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:5004566:2023). Under Local Law 97, buildings over 25,000 sq ft face carbon caps with fines of $268 per metric ton of CO₂e over the limit, phasing in from 2024.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 120 E 117th St's energy grade?
120 E 117th St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 138.2 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 120 E 117th St use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 138.2 kBtu/ft² (187.8 kBtu/ft² source) across 4,470 sq ft, including 31,962 kWh of electricity and 5,089 therms of natural gas.
What are 120 E 117th St's carbon emissions?
120 E 117th St reported 39 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (8.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is 120 E 117th St?
120 E 117th St is at 120 East 117th Street, in New York City, New York 10035. Its coordinates are 40.79964, -73.94196 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is 120 E 117th St and when was it built?
120 E 117th St has 4,470 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1910 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 120 E 117th St covered by Local Law 84 (LL84)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 Energy and Water Data Disclosure disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under Local Law 84 (LL84).
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About this data
Source: Energy and Water Data Disclosure (Local Law 84 (LL84)), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “120 E 117th St, New York City, New York — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/120-e-117th-st-373d16e4 (data as of October 2, 2026).