Rudd: 57 West 81st St
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 57 West 81st Street · 10024
At a glance
Rudd: 57 West 81st St is a 101,145-square-foot multifamily housing building at 57 West 81st Street in New York City, New York, built in 1905. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 84.1 kBtu/ft² and 595 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 84.1 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 126.2 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 595 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 5.9 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 643,076 kWh |
| Natural gas | 59,720 therms |
| Gross floor area | 101,145 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:14947902:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 84.1 kBtu/ft² | 595 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 80.6 kBtu/ft² | 555 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | 53 | 81.6 kBtu/ft² | 563 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
- 57 West 81st Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10024
- Coordinates
- 40.78270, -73.97327
Within ~1 km
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How does Rudd: 57 West 81st 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 84.1 kBtu/ft² is about 12% 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 5.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% above the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 101,145 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1905, 47 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 Rudd: 57 West 81st St's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Rudd: 57 West 81st St, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 81.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 84.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 563 tCO₂e to 595 tCO₂e over the same span (up 6%).
What does a site EUI of 84.1 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. Rudd: 57 West 81st St's 84.1 kBtu/ft² across 101,145 sq ft works out to about 8.5 billion Btu (2,493 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 126.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 643,076 kWh of electricity and 59,720 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Rudd: 57 West 81st St to report its energy use?
Rudd: 57 West 81st 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:14947902:2024). 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 Rudd: 57 West 81st St's energy grade?
Rudd: 57 West 81st St did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 84.1 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Rudd: 57 West 81st St use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 84.1 kBtu/ft² (126.2 kBtu/ft² source) across 101,145 sq ft, including 643,076 kWh of electricity and 59,720 therms of natural gas.
What are Rudd: 57 West 81st St's carbon emissions?
Rudd: 57 West 81st St reported 595 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (5.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Rudd: 57 West 81st St?
Rudd: 57 West 81st St is at 57 West 81st Street, in New York City, New York 10024. Its coordinates are 40.78270, -73.97327 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Rudd: 57 West 81st St and when was it built?
Rudd: 57 West 81st St has 101,145 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1905 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Rudd: 57 West 81st 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, “Rudd: 57 West 81st St, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/rudd-57-west-81st-st-08ee9c4d (data as of October 2, 2026).