Gold - 840 8th Ave
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 840 8th Avenue · 10019
At a glance
Gold - 840 8th Ave is a 203,778-square-foot multifamily housing building at 840 8th Avenue in New York City, New York, built in 1920. In its 2022 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 98.9 kBtu/ft² and 1,230 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 98.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 147.3 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 1,230 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,481,432 kWh |
| Water use | 14,348 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 203,778 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:2710741:2022 |
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
- 840 8th Avenue
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10019
- Coordinates
- 40.76269, -73.98580
Within ~1 km
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How does Gold - 840 8th Ave 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 98.9 kBtu/ft² is about 32% above the average of 74.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 15% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 203,778 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1920, 32 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 98.9 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. Gold - 840 8th Ave's 98.9 kBtu/ft² across 203,778 sq ft works out to about 20.2 billion Btu (5,906 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 147.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,481,432 kWh of electricity and 14,348 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Gold - 840 8th Ave to report its energy use?
Gold - 840 8th Ave 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 2022 disclosure (source record nyc:2710741:2022). 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 Gold - 840 8th Ave's energy grade?
Gold - 840 8th Ave did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 98.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Gold - 840 8th Ave use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 98.9 kBtu/ft² (147.3 kBtu/ft² source) across 203,778 sq ft, including 1,481,432 kWh of electricity.
What are Gold - 840 8th Ave's carbon emissions?
Gold - 840 8th Ave reported 1,230 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.0 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is Gold - 840 8th Ave?
Gold - 840 8th Ave is at 840 8th Avenue, in New York City, New York 10019. Its coordinates are 40.76269, -73.98580 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Gold - 840 8th Ave and when was it built?
Gold - 840 8th Ave has 203,778 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1920 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Gold - 840 8th Ave covered by Local Law 84 (LL84)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 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, “Gold - 840 8th Ave, New York City, New York — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/gold-840-8th-ave-79999607 (data as of October 2, 2026).