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205 SMITH ST.

Mixed Use Property in New York City, NY · 205 Smith Street · 11201

At a glance

205 SMITH ST. is a 30,000-square-foot mixed use property building at 205 Smith Street in New York City, New York, built in 1950. In its 2023 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 175.5 kBtu/ft² and 572 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2023
Site EUI
175.5
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
572
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
19.1
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
30,000
sq ft
Year built
1950
vintage
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Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2023

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI175.5 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI491.3 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions572 tCO₂e
GHG intensity19.1 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity1,542,666 kWh
Water use277 kgal
Gross floor area30,000 sq ft
Source recordnyc:33641691:2023

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.

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Ownership

No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.

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Location

Address
205 Smith Street
State
New York
ZIP
11201
Coordinates
40.68491, -73.99169

Within ~1 km

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How does 205 SMITH ST. compare with other mixed use property buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 395 mixed use property buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 175.5 kBtu/ft² is about 89% above the average of 92.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 19.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 142% above the group average of 7.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 30,000 sq ft, it is about 87% below the average floor area of 224,815 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 7 years earlier than the group's average year built (1958). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 175.5 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. 205 SMITH ST.'s 175.5 kBtu/ft² across 30,000 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,543 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 491.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,542,666 kWh of electricity and 277 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 205 SMITH ST. to report its energy use?

205 SMITH 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:33641691:2023). 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 205 SMITH ST.'s energy grade?

205 SMITH ST. did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 175.5 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does 205 SMITH ST. use?

Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 175.5 kBtu/ft² (491.3 kBtu/ft² source) across 30,000 sq ft, including 1,542,666 kWh of electricity.

What are 205 SMITH ST.'s carbon emissions?

205 SMITH ST. reported 572 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (19.1 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.

Where is 205 SMITH ST.?

205 SMITH ST. is at 205 Smith Street, in New York City, New York 11201. Its coordinates are 40.68491, -73.99169 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.

How big is 205 SMITH ST. and when was it built?

205 SMITH ST. has 30,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1950 as its year built. It is classed as mixed use property.

Is 205 SMITH 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, “205 SMITH ST., New York City, New York — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/205-smith-st-fff1c54f (data as of October 2, 2026).