Is 171 Hancock St rent stabilized?
171 Hancock St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn (11216). It has about 10 apartments, built in 1881.
Also written as 171 Hancock Street — or 171 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
How this building compares
With about 10 apartments it is larger than 66% of the 784 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (West). It went up in 1881, 50 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists no open violations at this address — one of 218 such buildings among the 785 this site tracks in the neighborhood. Of the 18 violations on record at the address, 5 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and none of them are still open. Tenants have filed 112 HPD complaints at the address, 2 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (West) |
| ZIP | 11216 |
| Year built | 1881 |
| Apartments | 10 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3018330076 |
Owner & management
| Owner | 171 HANCOCK REALTY LLC 381 South 5th Street · Brooklyn, NY 11211 |
| Managing agent | MRE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 0 open / 18 total |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 112 total |
| HPD registration last filed | July 8, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 171 Hancock St rent stabilized?
171 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 code is MULTIPLE DWELLING A. 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 171 Hancock St?
171 Hancock St (BBL 3018330076) has about 10 residential apartments and was built in 1881, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.