Shore Park Cooperative Apartments, Inc (6801 Shore Road)

How does Shore Park Cooperative Apartments, Inc (6801 Shore Road) 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. Shore Park Cooperative Apartments, Inc (6801 Shore Road)'s ENERGY STAR score of 91 compares with an average of 63 across the 22,829 that report a score; it scores higher than 78% of them and lower than 21%. Its site EUI of 59.2 kBtu/ft² is about 21% 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 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 118,637 sq ft, it is about 18% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1952 construction date is close to 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 Shore Park Cooperative Apartments, Inc (6801 Shore Road)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Shore Park Cooperative Apartments, Inc (6801 Shore Road), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 91 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 66.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 59.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 12% decrease. Reported emissions went from 439 tCO₂e to 464 tCO₂e over the same span (up 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 91 mean?

ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 91 means the building performs better than about 91% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 91 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. In New York City, 43% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.

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. Shore Park Cooperative Apartments, Inc (6801 Shore Road)'s 59.2 kBtu/ft² across 118,637 sq ft works out to about 7 billion Btu (2,058 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 83.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 430,114 kWh of electricity, 55,538 therms of natural gas and 3,116 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Shore Park Cooperative Apartments, Inc (6801 Shore Road) to report its energy use?

Shore Park Cooperative Apartments, Inc (6801 Shore Road) 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:14941321:2024). 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.