Is 165 Hancock St rent stabilized?
165 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 165 Hancock Street — or 165 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 68 open violations here, about 22.7 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 175 violations on record at the address, 41 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 126 HPD complaints at the address, 6 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 | 3018330079 |
Owner & management
| Owner | MADISON EDJ LLC 68 JAY ST #307 · BROOKLYN, NY 11201 |
| Managing agent | PRECISE REAL ESTATE MGMT INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 68 open / 175 total · 4 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 126 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 31, 2025 |