# 914 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3014910024/914-hancock-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3014910024 · BIN 3039947 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 2 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 3 apartments
- 2 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 1 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 6 stabilized units for 2019, of about 6 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 6, 2019: 6.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1909, 3 floors, 6 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

11 open (class C immediately hazardous: 2, class B hazardous: 8, class A non-hazardous: 1); 49 on record.
2 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

1 active (0 issued in the last 3 years); 6 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

0 active of 1 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

0 in the last 12 months; 14 on record.
Most common: HEAT/HOT WATER (9), UNSANITARY CONDITION (2), WATER LEAK (2), ELECTRIC (1).

## Bedbugs

3 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 0 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

1 cases on record, 0 open, 1 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## City debt and tax-lien sale

On a tax-lien sale list in 2025 (10-day notice).

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: HOWARD AVENUE DEVELOPMENT, LP
- Agent: HOWARD AVENUE DEVELOPMENT
- HeadOfficer: DARREN PEARSON
- Officer: LYDIA BERRY-PEARSON
- SiteManager: DARREN PEARSON

The same owner is linked to 9 other buildings (DARREN PEARSON at 92 RALPH AVE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3014910024/914-hancock-street-brooklyn