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542A Hancock St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-01660-0026

Built
1899
Floors
3
Residential units
3
Building type
Three-family dwelling
Zoning district
R6B
Lot area
1,667 sq ft
Floor area
3,380 sq ft
Last sale
$1,443,000

En español: 1 violación abierta, ninguna de Clase C. La más antigua del HPD lleva 9 meses abierta, desde el 29 de diciembre de 2025.

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    Class B, hazardous

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The original certify-by date on the open HPD violation, February 17, 2026, has passed. The report prints it beside the violation.

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1 open violation. The oldest open HPD violation was filed December 29, 2025.

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DOB violations
1 active DOB violation, issued October 31, 1988.
Bedbug report
Filed May 19, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. Buildings with 3 or more apartments file one with HPD every year.

Open violations by class. A party is named only where the building's HPD registration covers the date a violation was filed.

FiledCategoryStatusNumber
Class B1 open
Fire SafetyNotice sent18534982

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Questions about this building

Does 542A Hancock Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 542A Hancock Street, Brooklyn had 1 open violation on October 10, 2026: 1 from HPD. None is Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 9 months, since December 29, 2025.

Does 542A Hancock Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 1 active DOB violation, issued October 31, 1988. The Department of Buildings writes these separately from HPD's housing violations, for things like boilers, elevators, facades, construction and energy filings. Each one stays active until DOB resolves or dismisses it.

When did 542A Hancock Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On May 19, 2026, for the year to October 31, 2025. HPD asks the owner of every building with 3 or more apartments for this report once a year, covering November 1 to October 31, including buildings that had no bedbugs.

When was 542A Hancock Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1899 as the year 542A Hancock Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a three-family dwelling with 3 floors.

How many apartments does 542A Hancock Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 3 residential units at 542A Hancock Street, Brooklyn. The count is for the whole tax lot.

Where do these numbers come from?

From New York City's own data: HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, read whole rather than sampled. It also draws on DOB violations, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. This page is current through October 10, 2026. The city's data changes daily, so a violation certified after that can still show as open here; the city's own page for this building is linked above.

Sources. HPD housing violations and OATH/ECB hearing results, plus DOB violations, HPD's annual bedbug reports, the city's PLUTO tax-lot file and DOF's property sales records. Counts cover HPD Class B and C violations from the last 3 years that HPD still shows open, and OATH/ECB summonses from the same 3 years that the city still shows active. The city's own pages can show more, never fewer.

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ViolationScout, 542A Hancock St, Brooklyn: 3 units, 1 open violation, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/542a-hancock-street-brooklyn

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