Maxwell: 137 East 55 St
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 141 East 55th Street · 10022
At a glance
Maxwell: 137 East 55 St is a 82,287-square-foot multifamily housing building at 141 East 55th Street in New York City, New York, built in 1956. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 136.1 kBtu/ft² and 951 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 136.1 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 203.8 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 951 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 11.6 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 893,414 kWh |
| Natural gas | 1,959 therms |
| Water use | 2,999 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 82,287 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:4946245:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 136.1 kBtu/ft² | 951 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 100.4 kBtu/ft² | 713 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 103.1 kBtu/ft² | 657 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
- 141 East 55th Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10022
- Coordinates
- 40.75949, -73.96973
Within ~1 km
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How does Maxwell: 137 East 55 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 136.1 kBtu/ft² is about 82% 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 11.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 122% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 82,287 sq ft, it is about 18% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1956, 4 years later 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.
How has Maxwell: 137 East 55 St's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Maxwell: 137 East 55 St, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 103.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 136.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 32% increase. Reported emissions went from 657 tCO₂e to 951 tCO₂e over the same span (up 45%).
What does a site EUI of 136.1 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. Maxwell: 137 East 55 St's 136.1 kBtu/ft² across 82,287 sq ft works out to about 11.2 billion Btu (3,282 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 203.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 893,414 kWh of electricity, 1,959 therms of natural gas and 2,999 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Maxwell: 137 East 55 St to report its energy use?
Maxwell: 137 East 55 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:4946245:2024). 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 Maxwell: 137 East 55 St's energy grade?
Maxwell: 137 East 55 St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 136.1 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Maxwell: 137 East 55 St use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 136.1 kBtu/ft² (203.8 kBtu/ft² source) across 82,287 sq ft, including 893,414 kWh of electricity and 1,959 therms of natural gas.
What are Maxwell: 137 East 55 St's carbon emissions?
Maxwell: 137 East 55 St reported 951 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (11.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Maxwell: 137 East 55 St?
Maxwell: 137 East 55 St is at 141 East 55th Street, in New York City, New York 10022. Its coordinates are 40.75949, -73.96973 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Maxwell: 137 East 55 St and when was it built?
Maxwell: 137 East 55 St has 82,287 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1956 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Maxwell: 137 East 55 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, “Maxwell: 137 East 55 St, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/maxwell-137-east-55-st-a46318a0 (data as of October 2, 2026).