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Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128

Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 1261 MADISON AVENUE · 10128

At a glance

Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 is a 42,560-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1261 MADISON AVENUE in New York City, New York, built in 1901. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 64.5 kBtu/ft² and 227 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2024
Site EUI
64.5
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
227
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
5.3
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
42,560
sq ft
Year built
1901
vintage
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Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI64.5 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI90.9 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions227 tCO₂e
GHG intensity5.3 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity178,879 kWh
Natural gas642 therms
Water use704 kgal
Gross floor area42,560 sq ft
Source recordnyc:33559762:2024

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.

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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
1261 MADISON AVENUE
State
New York
ZIP
10128
Coordinates
40.78363, -73.95678

Within ~1 km

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How does Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 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 64.5 kBtu/ft² is about 14% 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 5.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 42,560 sq ft, it is about 58% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1901, 51 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 64.5 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. Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128's 64.5 kBtu/ft² across 42,560 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (805 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 90.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 178,879 kWh of electricity, 642 therms of natural gas and 704 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 to report its energy use?

Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 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:33559762:2024). 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 Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128's energy grade?

Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 64.5 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 use?

Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 64.5 kBtu/ft² (90.9 kBtu/ft² source) across 42,560 sq ft, including 178,879 kWh of electricity and 642 therms of natural gas.

What are Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128's carbon emissions?

Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 reported 227 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (5.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.

Where is Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128?

Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 is at 1261 MADISON AVENUE, in New York City, New York 10128. Its coordinates are 40.78363, -73.95678 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.

How big is Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 and when was it built?

Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 has 42,560 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1901 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.

Is Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128 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, “Halstead - 1261 Madison Ave NY, NY 10128, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/halstead-1261-madison-ave-ny-ny-10128-9a935f31 (data as of October 2, 2026).