Merchants: 213 West 23rd St
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 213 West 23rd St · 10011
At a glance
Merchants: 213 West 23rd St is a 70,260-square-foot multifamily housing building in New York City, New York, built in 1900. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 62.5 kBtu/ft² and 425 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 62.5 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 142.8 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 425 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 908,299 kWh |
| Natural gas | 12,900 therms |
| Water use | 3,075 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 70,260 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:5218337:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 62.5 kBtu/ft² | 425 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 58.0 kBtu/ft² | 348 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 61.3 kBtu/ft² | 276 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
- 213 West 23rd St
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10011
- Coordinates
- 40.74439, -73.99631
Within ~1 km
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How does Merchants: 213 West 23rd 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 62.5 kBtu/ft² is about 17% 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 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 16% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 70,260 sq ft, it is about 30% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 52 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.
How has Merchants: 213 West 23rd St's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Merchants: 213 West 23rd St, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 61.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 62.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 276 tCO₂e to 425 tCO₂e over the same span (up 54%).
What does a site EUI of 62.5 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. Merchants: 213 West 23rd St's 62.5 kBtu/ft² across 70,260 sq ft works out to about 4.4 billion Btu (1,287 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 142.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 908,299 kWh of electricity, 12,900 therms of natural gas and 3,075 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Merchants: 213 West 23rd St to report its energy use?
Merchants: 213 West 23rd 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:5218337:2024). 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 Merchants: 213 West 23rd St's energy grade?
Merchants: 213 West 23rd St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 62.5 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Merchants: 213 West 23rd St use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 62.5 kBtu/ft² (142.8 kBtu/ft² source) across 70,260 sq ft, including 908,299 kWh of electricity and 12,900 therms of natural gas.
What are Merchants: 213 West 23rd St's carbon emissions?
Merchants: 213 West 23rd St reported 425 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.0 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Merchants: 213 West 23rd St?
Merchants: 213 West 23rd St is in New York City, New York 10011. Its coordinates are 40.74439, -73.99631 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Merchants: 213 West 23rd St and when was it built?
Merchants: 213 West 23rd St has 70,260 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1900 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Merchants: 213 West 23rd 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, “Merchants: 213 West 23rd St, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/merchants-213-west-23rd-st-e32df156 (data as of October 2, 2026).