247 West 38 Street
Mixed Use Property in New York City, NY · 247 W. 38TH ST. · 10018
At a glance
247 West 38 Street is a 130,010-square-foot mixed use property building at 247 W. 38TH ST. in New York City, New York, built in 1924. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 44.1 kBtu/ft² and 546 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 44.1 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 86.7 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 546 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 896,468 kWh |
| Natural gas | 2,012 therms |
| Gross floor area | 130,010 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:50543592:2024 |
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
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Location
- Address
- 247 W. 38TH ST.
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10018
- Coordinates
- 40.75409, -73.99014
Within ~1 km
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How does 247 West 38 Street 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 44.1 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 92.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 7.9 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 130,010 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 224,815 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1924, 33 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 44.1 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. 247 West 38 Street's 44.1 kBtu/ft² across 130,010 sq ft works out to about 5.7 billion Btu (1,680 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 86.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 896,468 kWh of electricity and 2,012 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 247 West 38 Street to report its energy use?
247 West 38 Street 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:50543592:2024). 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 247 West 38 Street's energy grade?
247 West 38 Street did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 44.1 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 247 West 38 Street use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 44.1 kBtu/ft² (86.7 kBtu/ft² source) across 130,010 sq ft, including 896,468 kWh of electricity and 2,012 therms of natural gas.
What are 247 West 38 Street's carbon emissions?
247 West 38 Street reported 546 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.2 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 247 West 38 Street?
247 West 38 Street is at 247 W. 38TH ST., in New York City, New York 10018. Its coordinates are 40.75409, -73.99014 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is 247 West 38 Street and when was it built?
247 West 38 Street has 130,010 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1924 as its year built. It is classed as mixed use property.
Is 247 West 38 Street 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, “247 West 38 Street, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/247-west-38-street-cd3dd166 (data as of October 2, 2026).