Is 236 Hancock St rent stabilized?
236 Hancock St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (West), Brooklyn (11216). It has about 7 apartments, built in 1886.
Also written as 236 Hancock Street — or 236 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11216.
How this building compares
With about 7 apartments it sits near the middle of the 784 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (West), where the median building has 8. It went up in 1886, 45 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 29 open violations here, about 4.1 per apartment — above the 0.7 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 161 violations on record at the address, 33 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and 6 of them are still open. HPD issued 1 new violation at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (West) |
| ZIP | 11216 |
| Year built | 1886 |
| Apartments | 7 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3018390005 |
Owner & management
| Owner | JONATHAN NELSON 282 HANCOCK ST · BROOKLYN, NY 11216 |
| Managing agent | JONATHAN NELSON |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 29 open / 161 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 306 total |
| HPD registration last filed | February 27, 2024 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 236 Hancock St rent stabilized?
236 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 236 Hancock St?
236 Hancock St (BBL 3018390005) has about 7 residential apartments and was built in 1886, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.