Is 156 Hancock St rent stabilized?
156 Hancock St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn (11216). It has about 3 apartments, built in 1887.
Also written as 156 Hancock Street — or 156 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
How this building compares
With about 3 apartments it is smaller than 86% of the 784 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (West). It went up in 1887, 44 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 2 open violations here, about 0.7 per apartment — matching the median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 49 violations on record at the address, 13 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. Tenants have filed 52 HPD complaints at the address, none of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (West) |
| ZIP | 11216 |
| Year built | 1887 |
| Apartments | 3 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3018380006 |
Owner & management
| Owner | LESROB REALTY CORP 124 ATLANTIC AVENUE · LYNBROOK, NY 11563 |
| Managing agent | LESROB REALTY CORP |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 2 open / 49 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 52 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 7, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 156 Hancock St rent stabilized?
156 Hancock St in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn is registered as rent stabilized in the New York State DHCR 2024 rent-stabilized building files, where its stabilization codes are MULTIPLE DWELLING A and GARDEN COMPLEX. Registration is recorded for the building, not for each apartment in it, so an individual unit here can still have been deregulated — ask the landlord or DHCR for that apartment's rent history before relying on it.
How many apartments are at 156 Hancock St?
156 Hancock St (BBL 3018380006) has about 3 residential apartments and was built in 1887, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.