CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum
Museum in New York City, NY · 145 Brooklyn Ave · 11213
At a glance
CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum is a 105,000-square-foot museum building at 145 Brooklyn Ave in New York City, New York, built in 1977. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 67.7 kBtu/ft² and 630 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 67.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 139.1 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 630 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,195,925 kWh |
| Natural gas | 30,251 therms |
| Water use | 806 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 105,000 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:21355142:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 67.7 kBtu/ft² | 630 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 75.0 kBtu/ft² | 633 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 90.6 kBtu/ft² | 713 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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 145 Brooklyn Ave
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 11213
- Coordinates
- 40.67477, -73.94446
Within ~1 km
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How does CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum compare with other museum buildings in New York City?
The latest disclosures cover 76 museum buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 67.7 kBtu/ft² is about 39% below the average of 111.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 35% below the group average of 9.3 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 105,000 sq ft, it is about 20% below the average floor area of 131,184 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1977, 46 years later than the group's average year built (1932).
How has CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 90.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 67.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 25% decrease. Reported emissions went from 713 tCO₂e to 630 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).
What does a site EUI of 67.7 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. CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum's 67.7 kBtu/ft² across 105,000 sq ft works out to about 7.1 billion Btu (2,083 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 139.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,195,925 kWh of electricity, 30,251 therms of natural gas and 806 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum to report its energy use?
CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum 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:21355142:2024). 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 CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum's energy grade?
CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 67.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 67.7 kBtu/ft² (139.1 kBtu/ft² source) across 105,000 sq ft, including 1,195,925 kWh of electricity and 30,251 therms of natural gas.
What are CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum's carbon emissions?
CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum reported 630 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.0 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum?
CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum is at 145 Brooklyn Ave, in New York City, New York 11213. Its coordinates are 40.67477, -73.94446 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum and when was it built?
CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum has 105,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1977 as its year built. It is classed as museum.
Is CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum 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, “CIG > BKM_194_Brooklyn Children's Museum, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/cig-bkm-194-brooklyn-children-s-museum-903db224 (data as of October 2, 2026).