Is 547 Hancock St rent stabilized?
547 Hancock St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn (11233). It has about 8 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 547 Hancock Street — or 547 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11233.
How this building compares
With about 8 apartments it sits near the middle of the 816 rent-stabilized buildings this site tracks in Bed-Stuy (East), where the median building has 7. It went up in 1910, 21 years before the 1931 median for stabilized buildings tracked in the neighborhood. HPD lists 23 open violations here, about 2.9 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 28 violations on record at the address, 2 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and all of them are still open. HPD issued 18 new violations at the address in the last twelve months.
Building details
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Neighborhood | Bed-Stuy (East) |
| ZIP | 11233 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 8 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3016550060 |
Owner & management
| Owner | VIVIAN SULLIVAN 136 MAPLE ST #PVT · BROOKLYN, NY 11225 |
| Managing agent | VIVIAN SULLIVAN |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 23 open / 28 total · 18 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 31 total |
| HPD registration last filed | October 10, 2025 |
Full building report — $9
Frequently asked questions
Is 547 Hancock St rent stabilized?
547 Hancock St in Bed-Stuy (East), 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 547 Hancock St?
547 Hancock St (BBL 3016550060) has about 8 residential apartments and was built in 1910, from NYC PLUTO. PLUTO counts the building's units; it does not say how many of them are rent stabilized.