659 Hancock Street
Class B
Class C
12 months to Jul 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
- No open HPD violations — cleaner than 83% of buildings in this ZIP
- Fewer HPD complaints than the neighborhood average (2 vs ~5)
- Built before 1939 (city records: 1899) — likely subject to NYC lead-paint rules
About this building
City records list 1899 as the year built — older than 94% of the 881 buildings we cover in ZIP 11233, and the oldest of the 5 buildings we cover on this block. The building’s floor space is 3.8 times the size of its lot: 7,266 sq ft of building on a 1,900 sq ft lot.
Comparisons with neighboring buildings, as of October 28, 2026.
659 Hancock Street
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- City records show no open HPD violations here — ask what was most recently repaired and how maintenance requests are handled, since a clean record isn’t a guarantee of upkeep.
- 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.
659 Hancock Street sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11233. The closest subway is Utica Av (A,C) (8-minute walk), served by the A, C, J, and Z lines.
Building Condition
- 2025-12-05 · Apt 1A · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
- 2025-12-05 · Apt 1A · NON EMERGENCY · PAINT/PLASTER
- 2025-11-02 · Apt 1A · NON EMERGENCY · WATER LEAK
- 2020-03-27 "WOMPLY WITH CODE"
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
- HARRASSMENT 2: 47
- PETIT LARCENY: 38
- ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 29
- GRAND LARCENY: 25
- FELONY ASSAULT: 18
- HEAT/HOT WATER: 169
- Blocked Driveway: 80
- Noise - Residential: 59
- Illegal Parking: 50
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk: 39
- 220 MALCOLM X BLVD
- 569 HALSEY ST
- 589 MACON ST
- P.S. 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Elementary Schoo
- Excellence Boys Charter School
- Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School
- Excellence Boys Charter School
- Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School
- M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology
- Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School
- Utica Av
- Gates Av
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- Grade A
- P.o. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
- Ember Charter School For Mindful Education, Innovation And Transformation
- Bailey's Cafe
- Brevoort Playground
- P.s. 309 The George E. Wibecan Preparatory Academy
- La Cima Charter School
Internet providers serving this area
Internet providers available in this area — including fiber:
- Verizon Fiber Up to 980 Mbps down · 880 Mbps up
- Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 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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