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506 West 181st Street

Parking in New York City, NY · 10033

At a glance

506 West 181st Street is a 26,254-square-foot parking building in New York City, New York, built in 1922. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 592.7 kBtu/ft² and 68 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2024
Site EUI
592.7
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
68
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
68.2
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
26,254
sq ft
Year built
1922
vintage
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Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI592.7 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI1659.5 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions68 tCO₂e
GHG intensity68.2 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity173,709 kWh
Gross floor area26,254 sq ft
Source recordnyc:6382023:2024

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2024latest—592.7 kBtu/ft²68 tCO₂e
2023—45.9 kBtu/ft²47 tCO₂e
2022—51.7 kBtu/ft²42 tCO₂e

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
506 West 181st Street
State
New York
ZIP
10033
Coordinates
40.84829, -73.93131

Within ~1 km

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How does 506 West 181st Street compare with other parking buildings in New York City?

The latest disclosures cover 301 parking buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 592.7 kBtu/ft² is about 1389% above the average of 39.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 68.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 1744% above the group average of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 26,254 sq ft, it is about 72% below the average floor area of 93,719 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1922, 35 years earlier than the group's average year built (1957). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,071 parking buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 67 and a site EUI of 40.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 506 West 181st Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for 506 West 181st Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 51.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 592.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1046% increase. Reported emissions went from 42 tCO₂e to 68 tCO₂e over the same span (up 64%).

What does a site EUI of 592.7 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. 506 West 181st Street's 592.7 kBtu/ft² across 26,254 sq ft works out to about 15.6 billion Btu (4,560 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 1659.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 173,709 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires 506 West 181st Street to report its energy use?

506 West 181st 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:6382023:2024). 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 506 West 181st Street's energy grade?

506 West 181st Street did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 592.7 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does 506 West 181st Street use?

Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 592.7 kBtu/ft² (1659.5 kBtu/ft² source) across 26,254 sq ft, including 173,709 kWh of electricity.

What are 506 West 181st Street's carbon emissions?

506 West 181st Street reported 68 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (68.2 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.

Where is 506 West 181st Street?

506 West 181st Street is in New York City, New York 10033. Its coordinates are 40.84829, -73.93131 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.

How big is 506 West 181st Street and when was it built?

506 West 181st Street has 26,254 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1922 as its year built. It is classed as parking.

Is 506 West 181st 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, “506 West 181st Street, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/506-west-181st-street-7251d1b0 (data as of October 2, 2026).