Garage: 308 E 48th St
Parking in New York City, NY · 308 E 48th St · 10017
At a glance
Garage: 308 E 48th St is a 62,000-square-foot parking building in New York City, New York, built in 1950. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 19.9 kBtu/ft² and 134 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 19.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 52.1 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 134 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 323,786 kWh |
| Natural gas | 1,297 therms |
| Water use | 551 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 62,000 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:4399362:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 19.9 kBtu/ft² | 134 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 19.9 kBtu/ft² | 127 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 19.5 kBtu/ft² | 96 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
- 308 E 48th St
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10017
- Coordinates
- 40.75343, -73.96898
Within ~1 km
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How does Garage: 308 E 48th St 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 19.9 kBtu/ft² is about half of 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 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% below the group average of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 62,000 sq ft, it is about 34% below the average floor area of 93,719 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 7 years earlier 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 Garage: 308 E 48th St's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Garage: 308 E 48th St, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 19.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 19.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 96 tCO₂e to 134 tCO₂e over the same span (up 39%).
What does a site EUI of 19.9 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. Garage: 308 E 48th St's 19.9 kBtu/ft² across 62,000 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (362 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 52.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 323,786 kWh of electricity, 1,297 therms of natural gas and 551 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Garage: 308 E 48th St to report its energy use?
Garage: 308 E 48th 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:4399362:2024). 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 Garage: 308 E 48th St's energy grade?
Garage: 308 E 48th St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 19.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Garage: 308 E 48th St use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 19.9 kBtu/ft² (52.1 kBtu/ft² source) across 62,000 sq ft, including 323,786 kWh of electricity and 1,297 therms of natural gas.
What are Garage: 308 E 48th St's carbon emissions?
Garage: 308 E 48th St reported 134 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.2 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Garage: 308 E 48th St?
Garage: 308 E 48th St is in New York City, New York 10017. Its coordinates are 40.75343, -73.96898 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Garage: 308 E 48th St and when was it built?
Garage: 308 E 48th St has 62,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1950 as its year built. It is classed as parking.
Is Garage: 308 E 48th 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, “Garage: 308 E 48th St, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/garage-308-e-48th-st-9dfc3588 (data as of October 2, 2026).