Is 227 Hancock St rent stabilized?
227 Hancock St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn (11216). It has about 16 apartments, built in 1881.
Also written as 227 Hancock Street — or 227 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
How this building compares
With about 16 apartments it is larger than 76% 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 52 open violations here, about 3.2 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 129 violations on record at the address, 24 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade. Tenants have filed 223 HPD complaints at the address, 7 of them in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (West) |
| ZIP | 11216 |
| Year built | 1881 |
| Apartments | 16 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3018330048 |
Owner & management
| Owner | Hancock 21 PP Holdings LLC 55 Nassau Avenue #3A2 · Brooklyn, NY 11222 |
| Managing agent | TRUE MANAGEMENT |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 52 open / 129 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 223 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 2, 2025 |