Building record from city data · BROOKLYN, NY

725 Hancock St

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built 1910 · 4 stories · 12 apartments · BIN 3045990 · BBL 3016580090

Worth knowing
City records list the water service line as lead
Source: Lead Service Line Location Coordinates · as of 2026-01-30
Worth knowing
Also on record
Clean in the records
Heat or hot water: 4 reports to the city since 2024
2024Heat or hot water · Oct 2024 · 1 report (2 complaints)Oct 11, 2024Oct 12, 2024Heat or hot water · Nov 2024 · 1 report (8 complaints)Nov 4, 2024Nov 5, 2024Nov 5, 2024 (2nd)Nov 5, 2024 (3rd)Nov 5, 2024 (4th)Nov 6, 2024Nov 7, 2024Nov 11, 2024
2025Heat or hot water · Feb 2025 · 1 report (1 complaint)Feb 19, 2025
2026Heat or hot water · Jan 2026 · 1 report (1 complaint)Jan 24, 2026
Source: HPD Complaints and Problems · as of 2026-10-21

Also reported

2024 – 2026

A filled month had a report to HPD; darker means more than one, and the past year is brightest. Tap one to read it. Complaints within a week count as one report. Records list complaints filed, not conditions found.

Apartments named in these records

7 of this building’s 12 apartments are named in a city record. The rest have no record naming them, which is the usual case.

These are city records about an apartment, not about anyone who lives or lived there. They may not be used to screen a tenant.

Structure and facade

Issues on record

Heat and hot water

Issues on record · 10 complaints, 2024–2026 · 1 in the past year
Boiler inspection filings

Latest accepted inspection May 2020, defects reported: no

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler, as of 2026-10-19 · See the boiler filings at DOB →
What this counts

Accepted annual boiler inspection filings, any date

Heat and hot water complaints

2 heat or hot water complaints

Housing Maintenance Code Complaints and Problems, as of 2026-10-20 · See the complaints at HPD Online →
What this counts

HPD complaints, heat season 2025–26 (Oct 1–May 31)

  • Heat sourceno recordNo boiler registration or district steam on record
  • Boiler work permitsno recordNo boiler work permits on record

Water and pipes

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2026

Pests and cleanliness

Issues on record · 4 complaints, 2024–2026 · 3 in the past year

Fire and safety

Issues on record, most recently 2025

Electrical

Issues on record · 2 complaints, 2026

Flooding

No issues on record
FEMA flood zone

Outside FEMA's 1% annual-chance flood zone: X

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of 2026-10-20
What this counts

Effective FIRM zones touching the building footprint

Stormwater flooding

Extreme storm, 2080 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, 2050 sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Moderate storm, today's sea levels: Not in mapped flooding; Limited storm, today's sea levels: Not loaded (file format unreadable)

NYC Stormwater Flood Maps, as of 2024-07-03
What this counts

Mapped ponding touching the building footprint

BasementWhole tax lot

Below grade

PLUTO (tax lot data), as of 2026-08-24

Rent and tenancy

On the state list
Rent stabilization

On the state's list of buildings with at least one rent-stabilized apartment (2024 registrations)

Rent Stabilized Building Lists (2024 HCR registrations), as of 2025-11-30
What this counts

The list doesn't say which apartments are stabilized, and being listed isn't proof of current status. For a specific apartment, request its rent history from HCR

Gas

Gas piping

Open violation for not filing the periodic gas piping inspection (2026)

DOB Safety Violations, as of 2026-10-19
What this counts

Paperwork violation: the filing is missing, which is not a finding about the pipes

General condition and all records

HPD violations

89 open: 85 about building conditions — walls, floors and stairs (21), doors and windows (14), heat or hot water (8), pests (7); 17 immediately hazardous (class C), 4 about paperwork or notices. Also 32 older records from 1993–2016 never closed. 16 further violations from 2023–2026 were closed. 148 violations on record in all, 1993–2026 — the 137 most recent are listed here

2026 May
Pests class A · paperwork
2026 Feb
MoldApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
Other conditionsApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
PestsApt 11 class C
2026 Feb
PestsApt 11 class C
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2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
ElectricalApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
ElectricalApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
ElectricalApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class B
2026 Feb
MoldApt 11 class A · closed
2026 Feb
LeaksApt 11 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Doors and windowsApt 11 class C · closed
2026 Feb
Walls, floors and stairsApt 11 class C · closed
2025 Jun
Pests class A · paperwork
2025 Feb
Heat or hot water class C
2025 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B
2025 Feb
Smoke or CO detectorsApt 3 class B
2025 Feb
Fire safetyApt 3 class B
2025 Feb
Heat or hot waterApt 3 class C
2024 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
2024 Nov
Doors and windows class B
2024 Nov
Heat or hot water class C
2024 Nov
Fire safety class C · closed
2024 Nov
GasApt 10 class C · closed
2024 Nov
Doors and windowsApt 10 class C · closed
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · closed
2024 Nov
GasApt 9 class C · closed
2024 Nov
Heat or hot waterApt 10 class C · closed
2024 Oct
Doors and windowsApt 10 class C · closed
2024 Oct
Fire safetyApt 10 class C · closed
2024 Oct
GasApt 10 class C · closed
2024 Oct
Doors and windows class C · closed
2023 Nov
Other conditions class I · paperwork · closed
and 80 more at the source
Housing Maintenance Code Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at HPD Online →
What this counts

Open HPD violations inspected in the last 10 years; class C = immediately hazardous. Paperwork = failure to file, notify or certify

DOB violations

10 open: 7 about building conditions, 2 about filings or paperwork, 1 older than 10 years

DOB Violations, as of 2026-10-19 · Read these violations in full at DOB →
What this counts

Open DOB, ECB and DOB NOW Safety violations, any date, one per violation. ECB class 1 = hazardous, class 2 = major

  • Permit historyno record0 permits since 1990

Nothing on record

Energyno record
  • Energynot requiredNot required: energy reporting applies to buildings over 25,000 sq ft
ElevatorsNot applicable
  • Elevatorsnot requiredNo elevators registered to this building

Sources

22 datasets

Each date is when we last checked that dataset, not when the record itself was created.