157 Waverly Avenue
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 11205
At a glance
157 Waverly Avenue is a 18,275-square-foot multifamily housing building in New York City, New York, built in 1900. In its 2022 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 74.2 kBtu/ft² and 85 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 74.2 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 118.3 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 85 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 123,699 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 18,275 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:26114657:2022 |
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
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Location
- Address
- 157 Waverly Avenue
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 11205
- Coordinates
- 40.69311, -73.96781
Within ~1 km
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How does 157 Waverly Avenue 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 74.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 18,275 sq ft, it is about 82% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 52 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 74.2 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. 157 Waverly Avenue's 74.2 kBtu/ft² across 18,275 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (397 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 118.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 123,699 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 157 Waverly Avenue to report its energy use?
157 Waverly Avenue 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:26114657:2022). 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 157 Waverly Avenue's energy grade?
157 Waverly Avenue did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 74.2 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 157 Waverly Avenue use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 74.2 kBtu/ft² (118.3 kBtu/ft² source) across 18,275 sq ft, including 123,699 kWh of electricity.
What are 157 Waverly Avenue's carbon emissions?
157 Waverly Avenue reported 85 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is 157 Waverly Avenue?
157 Waverly Avenue is in New York City, New York 11205. Its coordinates are 40.69311, -73.96781 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is 157 Waverly Avenue and when was it built?
157 Waverly Avenue has 18,275 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1900 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 157 Waverly Avenue covered by Local Law 84 (LL84)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 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, “157 Waverly Avenue, New York City, New York — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/157-waverly-avenue-51cdefb5 (data as of October 2, 2026).