Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street
Multifamily Housing in New York City, NY · 401 East 81st Street · 10028
At a glance
Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street is a 225,158-square-foot multifamily housing building in New York City, New York, built in 1964. In its 2024 New York City benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 51.1 kBtu/ft² and 761 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Local Law 84 (LL84) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 51.1 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 72.4 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 761 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 707,076 kWh |
| Natural gas | 90,962 therms |
| Gross floor area | 225,158 sq ft |
| Source record | nyc:2734819:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 51.1 kBtu/ft² | 761 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 48.2 kBtu/ft² | 711 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 14.0 kBtu/ft² | 245 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
- 401 East 81st Street
- City
- New York City
- State
- New York
- ZIP
- 10028
- Coordinates
- 40.77363, -73.95165
Within ~1 km
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How does Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street 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 51.1 kBtu/ft² is about 32% 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 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 35% below the group average of 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 225,158 sq ft, it is about 123% above the average floor area of 100,951 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1964, 12 years later 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 Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 New York City disclosures for Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 14.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 51.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 265% increase. Reported emissions went from 245 tCO₂e to 761 tCO₂e over the same span (up 211%).
What does a site EUI of 51.1 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. Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street's 51.1 kBtu/ft² across 225,158 sq ft works out to about 11.5 billion Btu (3,372 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 72.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 707,076 kWh of electricity and 90,962 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street to report its energy use?
Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street 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:2734819:2024). 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 Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street's energy grade?
Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 51.1 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 51.1 kBtu/ft² (72.4 kBtu/ft² source) across 225,158 sq ft, including 707,076 kWh of electricity and 90,962 therms of natural gas.
What are Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street's carbon emissions?
Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street reported 761 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (3.4 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street?
Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street is in New York City, New York 10028. Its coordinates are 40.77363, -73.95165 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Energy and Water Data Disclosure file.
How big is Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street and when was it built?
Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street has 225,158 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1964 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street 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, “Yorkshire House: 401 East 81st Street, New York City, New York — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/new-york-city/yorkshire-house-401-east-81st-street-bfd854e8 (data as of October 2, 2026).