656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 656 East 12th Street · 10009
At a glance
656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C is a 6,365-square-foot multifamily housing building at 656 East 12th Street in New York City, New York, built in 1910. In its 2023 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 11.9 kBtu/ft² and 8 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 11.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 32.9 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 8 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 21,654 kWh |
| Natural gas | 21 therms |
| Gross floor area | 6,365 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:16350549:2023 |
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
- 656 East 12th Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10009
- Coordinates
- 40.72727, -73.97707
Within ~1 km
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How does 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C 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 11.9 kBtu/ft² is about 84% 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 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 75% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 6,365 sq ft, it is about 94% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1910, 42 years earlier 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 11.9 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. 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C's 11.9 kBtu/ft² across 6,365 sq ft works out to about 0.1 billion Btu (22 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 32.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 21,654 kWh of electricity and 21 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C to report its energy use?
656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C 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 2023 disclosure (source record nyc:16350549:2023). 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 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C's energy grade?
656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 11.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 11.9 kBtu/ft² (32.9 kBtu/ft² source) across 6,365 sq ft, including 21,654 kWh of electricity and 21 therms of natural gas.
What are 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C's carbon emissions?
656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C reported 8 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C?
656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C is at 656 East 12th Street, in New York City, New York 10009. Its coordinates are 40.72727, -73.97707 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C and when was it built?
656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C has 6,365 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1910 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C covered by Local Law 84 (LL84)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 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, “656 East 12 Street/195 Avenue C, New York City, New York — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/656-east-12-street-195-avenue-c-cf3d8b8b (data as of October 2, 2026).