178 recorded events, 1966–2026, from 15 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 84 311 service requests, 32 HPD housing violations, 13 HPD complaints.
Full record, year by year Support this site
The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 51% of 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 6-24-unit residential buildings is 16.3 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 15.6. In ZIP 11233, 51% of residential buildings hold an A and 14% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 6 total — 1 class C (immediately hazardous), 2 class B, 3 class A. Oldest open since 1987-01-20. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
1 bedbug-infested unit(s) reported in filings over the last three years.
11 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (4) · Street Condition (4) · Illegal Parking (2) · Overgrown Tree/Branches (1).
$34,700 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| Yes | Six or more residential units (8) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
2 of 3 signals present. This is the classic profile of a rent-stabilized building (pre-1974, 6+ units) — many units in such buildings remain stabilized. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | USC 473 HANCOCK LLC |
| Head officer | SETH WEISSMAN |
| Managing agent | USC MANAGEMENT LLC |
| Last registered | 2025-10-03 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,759,200 | $791,640 |
| 2026 | $2,111,000 | $949,950 |
| 2027 | $2,533,000 | $1,139,850 |
The city's market estimate has risen 44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NO2FUEL |
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | Kingston-Throop Avs — C · 0.3 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Utica Av — A C · 0.4 mi straight-line (about an 11-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Halsey St / Lewis Av — B26 · 450 ft |
| Citi Bike | Marcus Garvey Blvd & Macon St · 700 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: 243, 262. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
473 Hancock Street
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Anything else | Anything else |
11 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Managed by USC MANAGEMENT LLC — 14 buildings, 93 units. Grades across the portfolio: A5 · B5 · C3 · D1. See the whole portfolio
| Building | Borough | Units | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 482 Tompkins Avenue | BK | 14 | B |
| 268 West 73 Street | MN | 10 | B |
| 117 West 118 Street | MN | 9 | A |
| 473 Hancock Street | BK | 8 | A |
| 462 West 141 Street | MN | 8 | C |
| 719 5 Avenue | BK | 8 | A |
| 187 St Marks Avenue | BK | 8 | B |
| 720 5 Avenue | BK | 7 | A |
| 722 5 Avenue | BK | 6 | B |
| 320 Court Street | BK | 4 | A |
| 1370 Dean Street | BK | 4 | C |
| 547 Throop Avenue | BK | 3 | B |
| 325 Church Street | MN | 2 | D |
| 346 Malcolm X Boulevard | BK | 2 | C |
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $1,100,000 on 2022-10-07 (lender: Piermont Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-07 | Mortgage $1,100,000 — from USC 473 HANCOCK LLC to PIERMONT BANK | $1,100,000 | |
| 2022-10-07 | AL&R $1,100,000 — from USC 473 HANCOCK LLC to PIERMONT BANK | $1,100,000 | |
| 2021-10-14 | Deed $1,425,000 — from GEORGE FRANCIS 473 HANCOCK TRUST A; GEORGE FRANCIS 473 HANCOCK TRUST B; DORREL GRANDERSON, to USC 473 HANCOCK LLC | $1,425,000 | |
| 2021-09-23 | Sold for $1,425,000 | $1,425,000 | $178,125 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Ownership & money | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Every one of the 178 recorded events, 1966–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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