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 87 open violations here, about 17.4 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 133 violations on record at the address, 23 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 185 HPD complaints at the address, 1 of them 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 | 87 open / 133 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 185 total |
| HPD registration last filed | August 31, 2025 |