396 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216

The three-story, eight-unit residential building at 396 Hancock Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, owned by Darius Huggins and built in 1910, has experienced several recurring maintenance issues over the past few years. Most notably, from 2021 through 2024, the building received multiple Housing Maintenance Code violations for failing to file mandatory annual bedbug reports, though the most recent report from January 2025 shows three infested units were successfully treated and none remain infested.

The property also has significant outstanding Department of Buildings violations, with an active cluster of failures to file external low-pressure inspection reports between 2018 and 2023, including the most recent violation from September 2024. Prior to this active violation period, there was a boiler inspection reporting violation from November 2019.

The building has undergone various pest control measures, with a consistent pattern of rodent bait applications during early 2018 (with eight documented applications between January and March of that year), though more recent rodent inspections in 2022 and 2024 passed without issue. While the building has faced these persistent maintenance and compliance challenges, some improvements can be noted, particularly in bedbug management, with the most recent report indicating successful eradication of infestations. The accumulation of violations, particularly the recent cluster of low-pressure inspection failures, suggests ongoing challenges with timely maintenance compliance, though many previous violations have been resolved through proper filings.