Is 696 Hancock St rent stabilized?
696 Hancock St is a registered NYC rent-stabilized building in Bed-Stuy (East), Brooklyn (11233). It has about 6 apartments, built in 1910.
Also written as 696 Hancock Street — or 696 Hancock St, Brooklyn, NY 11233.
How this building compares
With about 6 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 35 open violations here, about 5.8 per apartment — above the 0.6 per apartment median for tracked buildings in the neighborhood. Of the 51 violations on record at the address, 4 are class C — HPD's immediately hazardous grade, and all 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 (East) |
| ZIP | 11233 |
| Year built | 1910 |
| Apartments | 6 |
| Rent-stabilized | Yes — DHCR registered |
| Stabilization code | MULTIPLE DWELLING A |
| BBL | 3016620032 |
Owner & management
| Owner | PATRICK LOVELL 696 HANCOCK · BROOKLYN, NY 11233 |
Building conditions
| HPD violations | 35 open / 51 total · 1 in last 12 mo |
| HPD complaints | 0 open / 73 total |
| HPD registration last filed | September 13, 2025 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is 696 Hancock St rent stabilized?
696 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 696 Hancock St?
696 Hancock St (BBL 3016620032) has about 6 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.