WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building
Medical Office in New York City, NY · 1305 York Ave · 10021
At a glance
WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building is a 297,951-square-foot medical office at 1305 York Ave in New York City, New York, built in 2004. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 304.3 kBtu/ft².
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 304.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 490.2 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 7,472,122 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 297,951 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:2674629:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 304.3 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2023 | — | 311.7 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2022 | 6 | 319.6 kBtu/ft² | — |
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
- 1305 York Ave
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10021
- Coordinates
- 40.76535, -73.95486
Within ~1 km
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How does WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building compare with other medical office buildings in New York City?
The latest disclosures cover 188 medical office buildings in New York City, out of 48,310 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 304.3 kBtu/ft² is about 212% above the average of 97.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 297,951 sq ft, it is about 297% above the average floor area of 75,019 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2004, 39 years later than the group's average year built (1965). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².
How has WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 319.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 304.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 5% decrease.
What does a site EUI of 304.3 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. WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building's 304.3 kBtu/ft² across 297,951 sq ft works out to about 90.7 billion Btu (26,572 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 490.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 7,472,122 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building to report its energy use?
WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building 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:2674629:2024). 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 WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building's energy grade?
WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 304.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 304.3 kBtu/ft² (490.2 kBtu/ft² source) across 297,951 sq ft, including 7,472,122 kWh of electricity.
What are WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2024.
Where is WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building?
WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building is at 1305 York Ave, in New York City, New York 10021. Its coordinates are 40.76535, -73.95486 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building and when was it built?
WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building has 297,951 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2004 as its year built. It is classed as medical office.
Is WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building 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, “WCMC - WGC (YAB) Building, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/wcmc-wgc-yab-building-c5bdc253 (data as of October 2, 2026).