Merchants: 88 Franklin St
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 88 Franklin Street · 10013
At a glance
Merchants: 88 Franklin St is a 36,905-square-foot multifamily housing building at 88 Franklin Street in New York City, New York, built in 1915. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 133.2 kBtu/ft² and 439 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 133.2 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 276.1 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 439 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 11.9 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 842,205 kWh |
| Natural gas | 20,424 therms |
| Gross floor area | 36,905 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:6282782:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 133.2 kBtu/ft² | 439 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 137.4 kBtu/ft² | 424 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 142.5 kBtu/ft² | 376 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
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Location
- Address
- 88 Franklin Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10013
- Coordinates
- 40.71811, -74.00494
Within ~1 km
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How does Merchants: 88 Franklin 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 133.2 kBtu/ft² is about 78% 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 11.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 129% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 36,905 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1915, 37 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: 88 Franklin St's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Merchants: 88 Franklin St, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 142.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 133.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 376 tCO₂e to 439 tCO₂e over the same span (up 17%).
What does a site EUI of 133.2 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: 88 Franklin St's 133.2 kBtu/ft² across 36,905 sq ft works out to about 4.9 billion Btu (1,441 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 276.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 842,205 kWh of electricity and 20,424 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Merchants: 88 Franklin St to report its energy use?
Merchants: 88 Franklin 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:6282782:2024). 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: 88 Franklin St's energy grade?
Merchants: 88 Franklin St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 133.2 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Merchants: 88 Franklin St use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 133.2 kBtu/ft² (276.1 kBtu/ft² source) across 36,905 sq ft, including 842,205 kWh of electricity and 20,424 therms of natural gas.
What are Merchants: 88 Franklin St's carbon emissions?
Merchants: 88 Franklin St reported 439 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (11.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Merchants: 88 Franklin St?
Merchants: 88 Franklin St is at 88 Franklin Street, in New York City, New York 10013. Its coordinates are 40.71811, -74.00494 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Merchants: 88 Franklin St and when was it built?
Merchants: 88 Franklin St has 36,905 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1915 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Merchants: 88 Franklin 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: 88 Franklin St, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/merchants-88-franklin-st-c360af87 (data as of October 2, 2026).