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 35 open violations here, about 2.2 per apartment — above the 0.7 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, and 9 of them are still open. HPD issued 6 new violations at the address 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 | 35 open / 129 total · 6 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 223 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 2, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 227 Hancock St rent stabilized?
227 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 227 Hancock St?
227 Hancock St (BBL 3018330048) has about 16 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.