23-30 Borden Avenue
Refrigerated Warehouse in New York City, NY · 11101
At a glance
23-30 Borden Avenue is a 875,878-square-foot refrigerated warehouse in New York City, New York, built in 1956. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 3.6 kBtu/ft² and 361 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 3.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 10.0 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 361 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 0.4 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 919,013 kWh |
| Natural gas | 0 therms |
| Gross floor area | 875,878 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:6669093:2024 |
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
- 23-30 Borden Avenue
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 11101
- Coordinates
- 40.73992, -73.94721
Within ~1 km
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How does 23-30 Borden Avenue compare with other refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City?
The latest disclosures cover 64 refrigerated warehouse buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 3.6 kBtu/ft² is about 95% below the average of 69.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 94% below the group average of 6.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 875,878 sq ft, it is about 1020% above the average floor area of 78,204 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1956, 7 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 472 refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 52 and a site EUI of 76.3 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 3.6 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. 23-30 Borden Avenue's 3.6 kBtu/ft² across 875,878 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (924 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 10.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 919,013 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 23-30 Borden Avenue to report its energy use?
23-30 Borden 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:6669093:2024). 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 23-30 Borden Avenue's energy grade?
23-30 Borden Avenue did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 3.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 23-30 Borden Avenue use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 3.6 kBtu/ft² (10.0 kBtu/ft² source) across 875,878 sq ft, including 919,013 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas.
What are 23-30 Borden Avenue's carbon emissions?
23-30 Borden Avenue reported 361 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (0.4 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 23-30 Borden Avenue?
23-30 Borden Avenue is in New York City, New York 11101. Its coordinates are 40.73992, -73.94721 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is 23-30 Borden Avenue and when was it built?
23-30 Borden Avenue has 875,878 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1956 as its year built. It is classed as refrigerated warehouse.
Is 23-30 Borden Avenue covered by Local Law 84 (LL84)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 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, “23-30 Borden Avenue, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/23-30-borden-avenue-a5124de6 (data as of October 2, 2026).