Is 188 Hancock St rent stabilized?
188 Hancock St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn (11216). It has about 5 apartments, built in 1888.
Also written as 188 Hancock Street — or 188 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
How this building compares
With about 5 apartments it is smaller than 77% of the 784 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (West). It went up in 1888, 43 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 91 open violations here, about 18.2 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 137 violations on record at the address, 24 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 8 of them are still open. HPD issued 5 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (West) |
| ZIP | 11216 |
| Year built | 1888 |
| Apartments | 5 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A, GARDEN COMPLEX |
| BBL | 3018380022 |
Owner & management
| Owner | MADISON EDJ LLC 68 JAY ST #307 · BROOKLYN, NY 11201 |
| Managing agent | PRECISE REAL MGMT INC |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 91 open / 137 total · 5 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 193 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 31, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 188 Hancock St rent stabilized?
188 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 188 Hancock St?
188 Hancock St (BBL 3018380022) has about 5 residential apartments and was built in 1888, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.