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DOT_8989_Court Square Garage

Parking in New York City, NY · 45-40 Court Sq · 11101

At a glance

DOT_8989_Court Square Garage is a 195,046-square-foot parking building at 45-40 Court Sq in New York City, New York, built in 1988. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 14.1 kBtu/ft² and 317 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2024
Site EUI
14.1
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
317
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
1.6
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
195,046
sq ft
Year built
1988
vintage
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Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI14.1 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI39.6 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions317 tCO₂e
GHG intensity1.6 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity808,463 kWh
Water use74 kgal
Gross floor area195,046 sq ft
Source recordnyc:21355753:2024

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2024latest—14.1 kBtu/ft²317 tCO₂e
2023—8.0 kBtu/ft²210 tCO₂e
2022—3.5 kBtu/ft²72 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
45-40 Court Sq
State
New York
ZIP
11101
Coordinates
40.74582, -73.94355

Within ~1 km

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How does DOT_8989_Court Square Garage 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 14.1 kBtu/ft² is about 65% below the average of 39.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 56% below the group average of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 195,046 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 93,719 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1988, 31 years later 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 DOT_8989_Court Square Garage's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for DOT_8989_Court Square Garage, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 3.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 14.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 303% increase. Reported emissions went from 72 tCO₂e to 317 tCO₂e over the same span (up 341%).

What does a site EUI of 14.1 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. DOT_8989_Court Square Garage's 14.1 kBtu/ft² across 195,046 sq ft works out to about 2.8 billion Btu (806 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 39.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 808,463 kWh of electricity and 74 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires DOT_8989_Court Square Garage to report its energy use?

DOT_8989_Court Square Garage 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:21355753:2024). 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 DOT_8989_Court Square Garage's energy grade?

DOT_8989_Court Square Garage did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 14.1 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does DOT_8989_Court Square Garage use?

Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 14.1 kBtu/ft² (39.6 kBtu/ft² source) across 195,046 sq ft, including 808,463 kWh of electricity.

What are DOT_8989_Court Square Garage's carbon emissions?

DOT_8989_Court Square Garage reported 317 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.

Where is DOT_8989_Court Square Garage?

DOT_8989_Court Square Garage is at 45-40 Court Sq, in New York City, New York 11101. Its coordinates are 40.74582, -73.94355 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.

How big is DOT_8989_Court Square Garage and when was it built?

DOT_8989_Court Square Garage has 195,046 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1988 as its year built. It is classed as parking.

Is DOT_8989_Court Square Garage 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, “DOT_8989_Court Square Garage, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/dot-8989-court-square-garage-b7b98a83 (data as of October 2, 2026).