CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library
Library in New York City, NY · 222-05 56th Ave · 11364
At a glance
CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library is a 108,533-square-foot library at 222-05 56th Ave in New York City, New York, built in 1967. It is listed in the 2024 Energy and Water Data Disclosure disclosure without energy figures: no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions were published for it that year.
No energy data reported for 2024
CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library appears in the 2024 Energy and Water Data Disclosure disclosure, but no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions were published for it — the building did not report benchmarking data for that year.
Floor area on file: 108,533 sq ft · Built 1967
Source record nyc:21354828:2024
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
- 222-05 56th Ave
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 11364
- Coordinates
- 40.75393, -73.75647
Within ~1 km
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How has CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library, covering report years 2022–2024. None of those years carry an ENERGY STAR score or site EUI.
Which law requires CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library to report its energy use?
CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library 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:21354828:2024). 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 CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library's energy grade?
CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library has no grade: it did not report energy data for 2024. The 2024 Energy and Water Data Disclosure disclosure lists the building but publishes no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions for it.
Where is CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library?
CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library is at 222-05 56th Ave, in New York City, New York 11364. Its coordinates are 40.75393, -73.75647 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
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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, “CUNY CC > QCC_548_Queensborough CC: Kurt Schmeller Library, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/cuny-cc-qcc-548-queensborough-cc-kurt-schmeller-library-4d674349 (data as of October 2, 2026).