Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 81-83 Franklin St · 10013
At a glance
Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St is a 25,738-square-foot multifamily housing building in New York City, New York, built in 1915. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 48.8 kBtu/ft² and 110 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 48.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 98.8 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 110 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 204,622 kWh |
| Natural gas | 5,591 therms |
| Water use | 679 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 25,738 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:26598856:2024 |
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
- 81-83 Franklin St
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10013
- Coordinates
- 40.71796, -74.00465
Within ~1 km
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How does Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St 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 48.8 kBtu/ft² is about 35% 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 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 18% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 25,738 sq ft, it is about 75% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1915, 37 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 48.8 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. Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St's 48.8 kBtu/ft² across 25,738 sq ft works out to about 1.3 billion Btu (368 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 98.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 204,622 kWh of electricity, 5,591 therms of natural gas and 679 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St to report its energy use?
Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St 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:26598856:2024). 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 Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St's energy grade?
Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 48.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 48.8 kBtu/ft² (98.8 kBtu/ft² source) across 25,738 sq ft, including 204,622 kWh of electricity and 5,591 therms of natural gas.
What are Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St's carbon emissions?
Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St reported 110 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St?
Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St is in New York City, New York 10013. Its coordinates are 40.71796, -74.00465 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St and when was it built?
Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St has 25,738 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1915 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St 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, “Franklin - 81-83 Franklin St, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/franklin-81-83-franklin-st-b7088e09 (data as of October 2, 2026).