The city's published records show little recorded distress here in the last three years. Less recorded distress than 67% 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 7.3. In ZIP 11216, 38% of residential buildings hold an A and
19% grade D or F.
How grades work
this building
A
B
C
Among 46,798 6-24-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
Open with the city right now
No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no
pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.
Patterns
No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
What 311 hears from this address
14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Noise (9) · Illegal Parking (2) · Rodent (1) · DOOR/WINDOW (1) · WATER LEAK (1).
Filed construction activity
$216,000 in permitted construction work filed since
2016 (3 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.
Rent-stabilization signals
Yes
Built before 1974 (1881)
Yes
Six or more residential units (10)
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 with HPD — the names behind the building
Registered owner(s)
171 HANCOCK REALTY LLC
Head officer
Sam Wurtzberger
Managing agent
MRE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC
Last registered
2025-07-08
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
What the city thinks it's worth
Tax year
City market value
Assessed value
2025
$1,070,400
$481,680
2026
$1,284,000
$577,800
2027
$1,541,000
$693,450
The city's market estimate has risen
44% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
Building systems
Heating fuel
NO2FUEL
Flood exposure
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.
Getting around
Subway
Nostrand Av — A C · 850 ft straight-line (about a 4-minute walk) · station accessibility: none Franklin Av — C S · 0.4 mi straight-line (about a 9-minute walk) · station accessibility: full
Bus
Nearest boarding stop: Nostrand Av / Hancock St — B44 · 350 ft
Citi Bike
Putnam Ave & Nostrand Ave · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability
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.
14 311 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.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $579,750 on
2020-05-19 (lender: Northfield 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
2020-05-19
Mortgage $579,750 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK
$579,750
2020-05-19
Agreement $2,184,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK
$2,184,000
2020-05-19
AL&R $2,184,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK
$2,184,000
2015-05-22
Mortgage $764,832 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to ASTORIA BANK
$764,832
2015-05-22
Agreement $1,800,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to ASTORIA BANK
$1,800,000
2011-04-12
Mortgage $740,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK
$740,000
2011-04-12
AL&R $1,100,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK
$1,100,000
2011-04-12
Agreement $1,100,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK
$1,100,000
2009-10-23
Mortgage $360,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to CARNEGIE CAPITAL CORP
$360,000
2009-10-23
AL&R $360,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to CARNEGIE CAPITAL CORP
$360,000
2009-10-23
Deed $450,000 — from GREENIDGE , ANDERSON to 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC
$450,000
2005-10-21
Deed $725,000 — from KINCH, JOHN; KINCH, EDNA to GREENIDGE, ANDERSON
$725,000
2005-10-21
Mortgage $688,750 — from GREENIDGE, ANDERSON to MERS
$688,750
2004-09-15
Agreement $280,000 — from KINCH, JOHN; KINCH, EDNA to JAM INCORPORATED
$280,000
2004-09-15
AL&R $339,000 — from KINCH, EDNA; KINCH, JOHN to JAM INCORPORATED
$339,000
Ten-year activity
50250
2017
2018
2019
26
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyHealth & systems
Show as table
Year
Construction
Enforcement
Housing & tenants
Ownership & money
Health & systems
Total
2017
0
0
0
0
1
1
2018
0
0
1
0
2
3
2019
3
0
17
0
2
22
2020
2
2
16
5
1
26
2021
0
0
21
0
1
22
2022
0
2
5
0
2
9
2023
0
0
3
0
4
7
2024
0
0
13
2
3
18
2025
0
1
4
0
3
8
2026
0
0
2
0
3
5
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2021-04-09HPD class A: (A) § HMC:FILE ANNUAL BEDBUG REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HPD RULE AS DESCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THIS NOTICE OF VIOLATION OR AS DESCRIBED ON HPD
2021-03-25HPD class C: § 27-2033 ADM CODE POST NOTICE, IN FORM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, STATING THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE OWNER TO H
2021-03-25HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF BICYCLE AND SHOE RACKS AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY
2021-03-25HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE AND DEPT. RULES AND REGULATIONS. REMOVE THE ENCUMBRANCE OBSTRUCTING EGRESS FROM FIRE ESCAPES CONSISTING OF FLOWER P
2021-03-25HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT SOUTH WALL IN VESTIBULE AT BASEMENT AT PUBLIC HALL
2021-03-25HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE FIRE RETARDANT MATERIAL AT SOUTH WALL IN VESTIBULE AT BASEM
2021-03-25HPD class A: § 27-2005 ADM CODE REFIT BUILDING ENTRANCE DOOR AT BASEMENT AT PUBLIC HALL
2021-03-22311: Indoor Air Quality — Dust from Construction
2021-03-10City emergency repair (OMO): division nyc - ''essential hpd emergency operations service work'' install hinges to make door self-closing arrange and $250
2021-02-03HPD class A: § 27-2005 HMC: POST, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, AND MAINTAIN A NOTICE IN A COMMON AREA OF THE BUILDING REGARDING THE PROCEDURES
2021-02-03HPD class A: § 26-1103 ADMIN. CODE: POST AND MAINTAIN A PROPER NOTICE ON WALL OF THE ENTRANCE STORY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE AGE
2021-02-03HPD class C: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 HMC: REPLACE OR REPAIR THE SELF-CLOSING DOORS THAT IS MISSING OR DEFECTIVE AT APARTMENT IN THE ENTRANCE LOCATE
2021-02-03HPD class C: § 27-2031 ADM CODE PROVIDE HOT WATER AT ALL HOT WATER FIXTURES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 10, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FROM SOUT
2021-02-03HPD class C: HMC ADM CODE: § 27-2017.4 ABATE THE INFESTATION CONSISTING OF ROACHES IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 10, 4th STORY, 2nd APARTMENT FR
2021-02-03HPD class B: § 27-2005, 2007 ADM CODE REMOVE ALL ENCUMBRANCES CONSISTING OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT PUBLIC HALL, 4th STORY
2021-02-02Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-02-02311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-01-30Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2021-01-30311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2020
2020-11-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-11-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-31HPD class C: § 27-2029 ADM CODE PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HEAT FOR THE APARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 4, 1st STORY, 1st APARTMENT F
2020-10-26Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-26311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2020-10-22LDMK — from LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION
2020-08-20311: Indoor Air Quality — Dust from Construction
2020-08-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-07-31311: Indoor Air Quality — Dust from Construction
2020-07-31311: UNSANITARY CONDITION — SEWAGE
2020-07-07Permit Plumbing — Signed-off
2020-07-07Job filed: Plumbing work to install new bathroom & relocate kitchen in connection with a PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING UNIT AT BASEMENT (STRE$16,000
2020-07-01311: Indoor Air Quality — Dust from Construction
2020-07-01311: Indoor Sewage — Sewage Odor
2020-06-30311: Sewer — Sewer Odor (SA2)
2020-06-29311: Indoor Sewage — Sewage Odor
2020-06-29311: Indoor Sewage — Sewage Odor
2020-05-19Mortgage assigned — from STERLING NATIONAL BANK to NORTHFIELD BANK
2020-05-19Mortgage $579,750 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK$579,750
2020-05-19Agreement $2,184,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK$2,184,000
2020-05-19AL&R $2,184,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to NORTHFIELD BANK$2,184,000
2020-03-19311: Request Large Bulky Item Collection — Request Large Bulky Item Collection
2020-02-18Rodent inspection: Passed
2020-02-06DOB complaint, category ?
2020-01-09DOB complaint, category ?
2019
2019-12-19Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-12-19311: Indoor Air Quality — Dust from Construction
2019-12-19311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-12-17Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-12-17311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-12-02Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — HEAVY FLOW
2019-09-03Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING UNIT AT BASEMENT (STREET UNIT) AND RENOVATE CELLAR LEVEL AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE OF U$100,000
2019-09-03Job filed: PROPOSED INTERIOR RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING UNIT AT BASEMENT (STREET UNIT) AND RENOVATE CELLAR LEVEL AS PER PLANS FILED HEREWITH. NO CHANGE OF U$100,000
2019-06-27Rodent inspection: Passed
2019-04-09Tenant complaint: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2019-04-09Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2019-04-09311: WATER LEAK — SLOW LEAK
2019-04-09311: GENERAL — BELL/BUZZER/INTERCOM
2019-03-13Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-03-13311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2019-03-12Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2016-11-09HPD class I: SECTION27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE ?27-2097 AND IS THER
2015
2015-12-04Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-12-04311: HEAT/HOT WATER — APARTMENT ONLY
2015-07-22311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2015-07-21311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2015-05-22TL&R — from INVESTORS BANK; INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK to 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC.
2015-05-22Mortgage $764,832 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to ASTORIA BANK$764,832
2015-05-22Mortgage assigned — from INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK; INVESTORS BANK to ASTORIA BANK
2015-05-22Agreement $1,800,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to ASTORIA BANK$1,800,000
2015-05-08Rodent inspection: Passed
2014
2014-05-30HPD class B: § 27-2018 ADMIN. CODE: ABATE THE NUISANCE CONSISTING OF MICE IN THE ENTIRE APARTMENT LOCATED AT APT 5, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMENT FROM SOUTH A
2014-05-30HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOWS COUNTER BALANCES IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST LOCATED AT APT 5, 2nd STORY, 1
2014-05-30HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADM CODE PROPERLY REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WINDOWS COUNTER BALANCES IN THE 1st ROOM FROM EAST AT SOUTH LOCATED AT APT 5, 2nd
2014-03-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29Tenant complaint: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2014-03-29Tenant complaint: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29311: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2014-03-29311: GENERAL — COOKING GAS
2014-03-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2014-03-29311: HEAT/HOT WATER — ENTIRE BUILDING
2013
2013-11-11311: Street Light Condition — Lamppost Missing
2013-11-09311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Lamp Missing
2013-07-09Permit PL — ISSUED
2013-07-09Permit EW — ISSUED
2013-03-01DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2011 INSPECTION REPORT
2012
2012-09-11Job filed: HEREWITH TO PROPOSE INSTALLATION OF (10)BOILERS, (10)HOT WATER HEATERS AND (2)GAS DRYERS. NO CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY,USE,GROUP OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLI$89,440
2012-09-11Job filed: HEREWITH TO PROPOSE INSTALLATION OF (10)BOILERS, (10)HOT WATER HEATERS AND (2)GAS DRYERS. NO CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY,USE,GROUP OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLI$89,440
2012-09-11Job filed: HEREWITH TO PROPOSE INSTALLATION OF (10)BOILERS, (10)HOT WATER HEATERS AND (2)GAS DRYERS. NO CHANGES IN OCCUPANCY,USE,GROUP OR EGRESS UNDER THIS APPLI$89,440
2011
2011-12-13DOB violation LBLVIO: VIOLATION ISSUED FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL BOILER 2010 INSPECTION REPORT
2011-12-09Rodent inspection: Passed
2011-11-28311: Rodent — Mouse Sighting
2011-04-12Mortgage $740,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK$740,000
2011-04-12AL&R $1,100,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK$1,100,000
2011-04-12Agreement $1,100,000 — from 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC. to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK$1,100,000
2011-04-12TL&R — from CARNEGIE CAPITAL CORP to 171 HANCOCK MANAGEMENT INC.
2011-04-12Mortgage assigned — from WEBSTER BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION to CARNEGIE CAPITAL CORP
2011-04-12Mortgage assigned — from CARNEGIE CAPITAL CORP to INVESTORS SAVINGS BANK
2009-03-12Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — WATER SUPPLY
2009-02-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-02-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-02-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-02-23City emergency repair (OMO): public area : at vestibule ceiling : trace, and repair leak coming from apt above. demo approx. 10 sq. of vestibule ceil$773
2009-02-08Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-01-31Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-01-30City emergency repair (OMO): public area : at 1st floor public hall : trace, locate and repair concealed vestibule ceiling water leak from the above $599
2009-01-24Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2009-01-14Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-10-23City emergency repair (OMO): at public hall lobby: trace and repair the source of water leak and loose plaster. at public hall lobby: ceiling and/or $499
2008-10-09City emergency repair (OMO): install a peerless ect-6 boiler unit steam coil to include all necessary controls. install (2) 275 gallon fuel oil tanks$10,500
2008-09-13Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-07-17Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2008-07-16Mortgage assigned — from THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE INC. to AURORA LOAN SERVICES LLC
2008-03-05Mortgage assigned — from MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS to THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE
2005-04-25ECB Hazardous violation: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN NOTED TWO SEPERATE SMALL PILES OF LOOSE BRICKS APPEAR TO BE FROM A DEMOLISH CHIMNEY NOW STORED AT THE SECTION $500
2005-03-15HPD litigation: Heat and Hot Water
2005-02-16DOB complaint, category ?
2005-02-14City emergency repair (OMO): #2 oil boiler: make all necessary repairs to #2 oil boiler to restore to proper working condition. restore heat to entir$70
2005-02-12Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-02-10Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-02-04Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-30Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-28Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-21Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2005-01-20Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004
2004-11-26Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED
2004-11-22Tenant complaint: HEATING — HEAT RELATED