20 Hancock Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Oct 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
- More open HPD violations than ~66% of buildings in this ZIP (18 open)
- 3 open hazardous (Class C) violations
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1899) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
20 Hancock Street
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- City records show 18 open HPD violations, 3 immediately hazardous (Class C) 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 2020 — why has it stayed open this long, and is it in or near this unit?
- Confirm the condition behind the most recent open violation was actually repaired, not just marked closed: Provide adequate supply of hot water for the fixtures ... in the entire apartment.
- Confirm in person that the immediately-hazardous (Class C) conditions — typically heat, hot water, leaks, mold or pests — are genuinely fixed, not just marked closed.
20 Hancock Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11216. The closest subway is Franklin Av (C,S) (2-minute walk), served by the C and S lines.
Building Condition
Oldest open violation: February 2020 · Most recent: June 2020. 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.
- 2020-02-19
- 2020-02-18
- 2020-02-18
- 2020-02-18
- 2020-02-18
- 2020-02-18
- 2020-02-18
- Class C · 3 open · penalty 45 · (15/ea)
- Class I · 1 open · penalty 1 · (1/ea)
- Class B · 12 open · penalty 60 · (5/ea)
- Class A · 2 open · penalty 2 · (1/ea)
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 1899. 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
- PETIT LARCENY: 103
- OTHER OFFENSES RELATED TO THEFT: 75
- HARRASSMENT 2: 71
- VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 50
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 47
- Illegal Parking: 249
- Dirty Condition: 197
- Encampment: 143
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 126
- Noise - Residential: 79
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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
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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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