116 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

116 Hancock Street is a four-story, 4-unit residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, constructed in 1882 and currently owned by 116 Hancock Street Realty. The building has experienced several maintenance issues over recent years, with the most significant cluster of problems occurring in early 2022, when multiple violations were documented including heating problems, water leaks, and various apartment maintenance issues. During this period, violation notices were issued for inadequate heat (Class C), multiple water leak concerns (including ceiling leaks in Apartment 1), and several repair needs such as broken ceramic tiles, defective plaster, and issues with the sprinkler system.

While some violations from this period were closed, as of April 2024, there remains an open violation regarding the sprinkler system valve. The building's maintenance history shows a pattern of both resolved and ongoing issues. In 2018, there were complaints about mold conditions that resulted in two emergency complaints, though no violations were issued following HPD inspection.

More recent inspections have shown improvement, particularly in pest management, with annual bedbug reports consistently showing zero infested units from 2021 through 2025. Additionally, the property has passed multiple recent rodent inspections, including six consecutive passes from 2022 through 2025, though there were documented rat activity incidents in 2021 and early 2022. The most recent documented inspection (April 2024) noted an open violation related to bedbug reporting requirements, though this appears to be an administrative issue rather than a direct impact on resident conditions.