225 5th Avenue
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 10010
At a glance
225 5th Avenue is a 341,125-square-foot multifamily housing building in New York City, New York, built in 1906. In its 2022 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 57.8 kBtu/ft² and 1,411 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 57.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 120.1 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 1,411 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 3,394,872 kWh |
| Water use | 4,223 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 341,125 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:6683641:2022 |
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
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 225 5th Avenue
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10010
- Coordinates
- 40.74383, -73.98791
Within ~1 km
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How does 225 5th 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 57.8 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below 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 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 341,125 sq ft, it is about 238% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1906, 46 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 57.8 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. 225 5th Avenue's 57.8 kBtu/ft² across 341,125 sq ft works out to about 19.7 billion Btu (5,778 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 120.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,394,872 kWh of electricity and 4,223 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires 225 5th Avenue to report its energy use?
225 5th 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:6683641:2022). 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 225 5th Avenue's energy grade?
225 5th Avenue did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 57.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 225 5th Avenue use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 57.8 kBtu/ft² (120.1 kBtu/ft² source) across 341,125 sq ft, including 3,394,872 kWh of electricity.
What are 225 5th Avenue's carbon emissions?
225 5th Avenue reported 1,411 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.1 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is 225 5th Avenue?
225 5th Avenue is in New York City, New York 10010. Its coordinates are 40.74383, -73.98791 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is 225 5th Avenue and when was it built?
225 5th Avenue has 341,125 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1906 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 225 5th 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, “225 5th Avenue, New York City, New York — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/225-5th-avenue-c38c9d01 (data as of October 2, 2026).