500 E 161st St
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 500 East 161st Street · 10451
At a glance
500 E 161st St is a 7,780-square-foot multifamily housing building at 500 East 161st Street in New York City, New York, built in 2002. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 222.3 kBtu/ft² and 112 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 222.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 306.8 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 112 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 14.4 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 95,569 kWh |
| Natural gas | 14,036 therms |
| Gross floor area | 7,780 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:5926086:2024 |
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
- 500 East 161st Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10451
- Coordinates
- 40.82323, -73.91059
Within ~1 km
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How does 500 E 161st St 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 222.3 kBtu/ft² is about 197% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 14.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 177% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 7,780 sq ft, it is about 92% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2002, 50 years later 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 222.3 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. 500 E 161st St's 222.3 kBtu/ft² across 7,780 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (507 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 306.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 95,569 kWh of electricity and 14,036 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 500 E 161st St to report its energy use?
500 E 161st 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 2024 disclosure (source record nyc:5926086:2024). 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 500 E 161st St's energy grade?
500 E 161st St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 222.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 500 E 161st St use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 222.3 kBtu/ft² (306.8 kBtu/ft² source) across 7,780 sq ft, including 95,569 kWh of electricity and 14,036 therms of natural gas.
What are 500 E 161st St's carbon emissions?
500 E 161st St reported 112 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (14.4 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 500 E 161st St?
500 E 161st St is at 500 East 161st Street, in New York City, New York 10451. Its coordinates are 40.82323, -73.91059 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is 500 E 161st St and when was it built?
500 E 161st St has 7,780 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2002 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 500 E 161st St 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, “500 E 161st St, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/500-e-161st-st-08442fbd (data as of October 2, 2026).