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987 Hancock St, Brooklyn

BBL 3-03387-0061

Built
1910
Floors
3
Residential units
4
Building type
Walk-up building
Zoning district
R6
Lot area
1,900 sq ft
Floor area
3,420 sq ft

En español: 25 violaciones de Clase C abiertas (peligro inmediato) y 26 abiertas en total. La más antigua del HPD lleva 60 años abierta, desde el 31 de enero de 1966.

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  1. 25

    Class C, immediately hazardous. Most often Heat / Hot Water.

    29 open counting every year, the oldest since

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  2. 1

    Class B, hazardous

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New violations are coming in faster than certifications are filed. 25 new Class C against 0 certifications filed in the last 180 days.

The earliest original certify-by date on the 26 open HPD violations is October 20, 2026. The report prints the date beside each one.

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25 open Class C. The oldest open HPD violation was filed January 31, 1966.

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HPD vacate order
HPD's vacate order for the entire building has been in effect since October 9, 2026. Reason on the order: fire damage.
Open Class C, week by week
None on September 24, 2026 and 25 on October 8.
DOB violations
3 active DOB violations, most of them for construction. The newest was issued October 5, 2026.
Bedbug report
Filed May 4, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2024. 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 C25 open most often Heat / Hot Water
Notice sent19281963
Notice sent19281960
Notice sent19281955
Notice sent19281950
Notice sent19281947
Notice sent19281943
Notice sent19281940
Heat / Hot WaterNotice sent19281939
Notice sent19281937
Notice sent19281934
The report lists all 25, each with the city's own words and the date on its notice. What the report adds
Class B1 open
Notice sent19281958

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The most common category among the open records here is heat and hot water.

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Questions about this building

Does 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn have open violations?

Yes. 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn had 26 open violations on October 10, 2026: 26 from HPD. 25 are Class C, the class HPD treats as immediately hazardous. The oldest open HPD violation has been open 60 years, since January 31, 1966.

Is 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn getting better or worse?

New violations are coming in faster than certifications are filed. 25 new Class C against 0 certifications filed in the last 180 days. That window ends October 10, 2026. It compares certifications filed with new Class C violations, and it describes what happened, not what anyone intends.

Is an HPD vacate order in effect at 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn?

Yes. HPD's vacate order for the entire building has been in effect since October 9, 2026. Reason on the order: fire damage. A vacate order requires all or part of a building to be emptied for the reason on the order, and it stays in effect until HPD rescinds it. HPD Online shows whether an order has been rescinded since.

Does 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn have active DOB violations?

Yes. 3 active DOB violations, most of them for construction. The newest was issued October 5, 2026. 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 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn last file its bedbug report?

On May 4, 2025, for the year to October 31, 2024. 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 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn built?

The city's record gives 1910 as the year 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn was built, in the Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file. The same file classes it as a walk-up building with 3 floors.

How many apartments does 987 Hancock Street, Brooklyn have?

The Department of City Planning's PLUTO tax-lot file lists 4 residential units at 987 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 HPD vacate orders, DOB violations, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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 HPD vacate orders, DOB violations, HPD's annual bedbug reports and the city's PLUTO tax-lot file. 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, 987 Hancock St, Brooklyn: 4 units, 25 open Class C, from New York City's HPD violation and OATH/ECB hearing data. Figures through October 10, 2026. https://violationscout.com/building/987-hancock-street-brooklyn

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