53rd Street Apartments
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 439 West 53rd Street · 10019
At a glance
53rd Street Apartments is a 12,352-square-foot multifamily housing building at 439 West 53rd Street in New York City, New York, built in 2012. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 64.8 kBtu/ft² and 58 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 64.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 104.2 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 58 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 74,778 kWh |
| Natural gas | 5,454 therms |
| Gross floor area | 12,352 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:36228080:2024 |
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
- 439 West 53rd Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10019
- Coordinates
- 40.76588, -73.98877
Within ~1 km
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How does 53rd Street Apartments 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 64.8 kBtu/ft² is about 13% 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 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 12,352 sq ft, it is about 88% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2012, 60 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 64.8 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. 53rd Street Apartments's 64.8 kBtu/ft² across 12,352 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (235 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 104.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 74,778 kWh of electricity and 5,454 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 53rd Street Apartments to report its energy use?
53rd Street Apartments 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:36228080:2024). 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 53rd Street Apartments's energy grade?
53rd Street Apartments did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 64.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 53rd Street Apartments use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 64.8 kBtu/ft² (104.2 kBtu/ft² source) across 12,352 sq ft, including 74,778 kWh of electricity and 5,454 therms of natural gas.
What are 53rd Street Apartments's carbon emissions?
53rd Street Apartments reported 58 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 53rd Street Apartments?
53rd Street Apartments is at 439 West 53rd Street, in New York City, New York 10019. Its coordinates are 40.76588, -73.98877 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is 53rd Street Apartments and when was it built?
53rd Street Apartments has 12,352 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2012 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 53rd Street Apartments 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, “53rd Street Apartments, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/53rd-street-apartments-3708b8e9 (data as of October 2, 2026).