Founders
College/University in New York City, NY · 1216 YORK AVENUE · 10065
At a glance
Founders is a 55,952-square-foot college/university building at 1216 YORK AVENUE in New York City, New York, built in 1906. 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
Founders 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: 55,952 sq ft · Built 1906
Source record nyc:12066713:2024
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
- 1216 YORK AVENUE
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10065
- Coordinates
- 40.76251, -73.95691
Within ~1 km
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How has Founders's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Founders, covering report years 2022–2024. None of those years carry an ENERGY STAR score or site EUI.
Which law requires Founders to report its energy use?
Founders 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:12066713:2024). 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 Founders's energy grade?
Founders 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 Founders?
Founders is at 1216 YORK AVENUE, in New York City, New York 10065. Its coordinates are 40.76251, -73.95691 (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, “Founders, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/founders-03966147 (data as of October 2, 2026).