197 Hancock Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Aug 2026
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
units (PLUTO)
12 months through June 2026
rent
min walk
(311 complaints)
errands grade
nearby
Top insights
- Fewer open HPD violations than ~62% of buildings in this ZIP (3 open)
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (0 vs ~5)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1886) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1886 as the year built — older than 94% of the 1,017 buildings we cover in ZIP 11216. Inside the Bedford Historic District.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
197 Hancock Street
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- City records show 3 open HPD violations at this building. Ask which are still unresolved in the unit and the landlord’s timeline to clear them.
- The oldest open violation on record dates to 2002 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- We found no DHCR rent-stabilization unit count for this building. That is not the same as the building being market-rate — a registration can be on file with no unit figure, or not have been filed at all. Ask the landlord directly whether the unit is rent-stabilized, and request your own rent history from DHCR.
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide a piece of garden hose 10 feet in length with female coupling and a 10 quart pail….
197 Hancock Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11216. The closest subway is Nostrand Av (A,C) (4-minute walk), served by the A, C, and S lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: June 2002 · Most recent: May 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.
- 2026-05-04
- 2025-06-09
- 2002-05-28
- Class B · 1 open · penalty 5 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
- 2025-11-14 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2024-09-23 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2023 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
- 2023-06-30 "VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2021 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION"
No HPD lead-paint violations are on record for this building. That means no complaint or inspection was filed — not that the building is lead-free.
Built 1886. Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960. The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.
The Building
Neighborhood & Environment
~1 block 300m
~2-3 blocks
- HARRASSMENT 2: 60
- PETIT LARCENY: 54
- DANGEROUS DRUGS: 30
- GRAND LARCENY: 29
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 29
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 70
- Noise - Residential: 58
- PLUMBING: 35
- Damaged Tree: 32
- Overgrown Tree/Branches: 27
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- Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Uncommon Prep C
- P.S. 305 Dr. Peter Ray
- Brooklyn East Collegiate Charter School
- P.S. K140
- Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Uncommon Prep C
- Brooklyn Academy High School
- Bedford Stuyvesant Preparatory High School
- Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Uncommon Prep C
- Nostrand Av
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Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Optimum Cable Fiber Up to 8,000 Mbps down · 8,000 Mbps up
- Verizon Fiber Up to 2,300 Mbps down · 2,300 Mbps up
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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.
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