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Building record · BIN 3039917

856 Hancock Street

856 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

A consolidated, filing-by-filing view of DOB records matched to this building identifier. The current snapshot links 6 independently sourced records, including 3 that are not recorded as completed, closed or withdrawn.

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BUILDING RECORD · BIN 3039917

856 Hancock Street

Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn

A consolidated public-record view · updated Oct 4, 2024

DOB filings
6
Active-status
3
Recorded addresses
1
Building data portrait

A building-level summary of matched filings, active-status records and published identifiers.

Matched filings6
Open or active-status records3
First included filingOct 25, 2019
Latest recorded changeOct 4, 2024

The lot

What is already here?

The lot holds a 3-story walk-up apartment building built in 1905, with 8 homes, on a 2,733 sq ft lot.

  1. Floors 2–3Homes8 homes are recorded on this lot — about 4 homes to a floor. The city does not publish which floor any of them is on.
  2. Floor 1Street levelStreet level. The lot is recorded as walk-up apartments.
  • Street levelWalk-up apartments
  • Homes8 recorded on the lot
  • Above the southern skylineFrom about floor 5 — the tallest thing within 60 m to the south is 14.6 m
Drawn from the outline and roof height the Department of City Planning publishes for this building: 13.5 m over 3 floors, as the city counts them. 2 runs of floors have something on record. The city publishes a roof height and a storey count for the lot, and nothing at all about any individual floor. What stands to the south is measured from the city’s own footprints and roof heights; it is a statement about the skyline, not a calculation of sunlight.
Built
1905
Floors
3
Residential units
8
Building type
Walk-up apartment building
Land use
Walk-up apartments
Zoning district
R6B
Lot area
2,733 sq ft
Building area
5,740 sq ft

Lot facts come from NYC Department of City Planning, Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (PLUTO) (64uk-42ks), accessed Sep 14, 2026. They describe the tax lot, not any single filing. When the rest of New York went up

Violation record

Are there open violations here?

The Department of Buildings has 4 open notices on record for this building, out of 12 notices on file; the most recent was issued Nov 14, 2025.

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • Low pressure boiler

    Issued Nov 14, 2025 — VIOLATION ISSUED-FAILURE TO FILE 2024 EXTERNAL LOW PRESSURE INSPECTION

  • 1 further open notice is on file. Open the source dataset for the full list.

Open means the agency has not recorded a resolution, which is not the same as the problem still existing. What a violation is, and what it is not. From NYC Department of Buildings, DOB Violations (3h2n-5cm9), accessed Sep 14, 2026.

What is recorded here

Multiple filings, one stable building identifier.

New York City's Building Identification Number helps connect filings that may use different application numbers or describe different scopes of work. The records below are grouped because they publish BIN 3039917. They should not be read as a single construction project unless the underlying filings say so.

The matched set includes 6 alteration filing. Its latest status categories are 1 closed or withdrawn, 2 recorded as completed, 3 approved. Each filing page preserves its own status, dates, scope and source identifier.

First included filing
Oct 25, 2019
Latest recorded change
Oct 4, 2024
Highest proposed story count
3 stories
Highest proposed unit count
8 dwelling units

Highest recorded values may come from different filings and must not be combined into one proposed project. Open the individual filings below for their exact scope. Values outside the publication's conservative data-quality bounds are withheld pending source review.

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Recorded history

What has happened at this address?

Every dated event the city has published for this building, from all 6 matched filings, in the order it was recorded. A date marks what entered the public record, not what happened on site.

  1. Alteration filed

    Proposed structural renovation existing building as per drawings. remove violations numbers 34321864x, 34746514j, 34757544y, 34757545x, 34793181m. no change in use, egress, bulk or/and occupancy. Filing B00207032-I1.

    01
  2. Alteration approved

    Filing B00207032-I1 reached an approved status.

    02
  3. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00207032-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    03
  4. Alteration filed

    Plumbing work cellar thru 3rd floor as per plan. Filing B00549929-I1.

    04
  5. Alteration filed

    Existing 3 story & cellar, 6 family dwelling. filing to address violation for structure at roof. Filing B00565148-I1.

    05
  6. Alteration approved

    Filing B00549929-I1 reached an approved status.

    06
  7. Alteration approved

    Filing B00565148-I1 reached an approved status.

    07
  8. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00565148-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    08
  9. Permit recorded for alteration

    DOB lists a first permit date for B00549929-I1. That is not by itself confirmation of activity on site.

    09
  10. Alteration filed

    Plumbing work cellar thru 3rd floor as per plan. Filing B00549929-P1.

    010
  11. Alteration approved

    Filing B00549929-P1 reached an approved status.

    011
  12. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00549929-P1 is “Approved.”

    012
  13. Alteration filed

    Plumbing work cellar thru 3rd floor as per plan. Filing B00549929-P2.

    013
  14. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for B00207032-I1.

    014
  15. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for B00207032-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    015
  16. Alteration approved

    Filing B00549929-P2 reached an approved status.

    016
  17. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00549929-P2 is “Approved.”

    017
  18. Alteration filed

    Plumbing work cellar thru 3rd floor as per plan. Filing B00549929-P3.

    018
  19. Alteration approved

    Filing B00549929-P3 reached an approved status.

    019
  20. Alteration now approved

    The latest status recorded for B00549929-P3 is “Approved.”

    020
  21. Alteration signed off

    DOB recorded a sign-off for B00549929-I1.

    021
  22. Alteration now completed

    The latest status recorded for B00549929-I1 is “LOC Issued.”

    022
  23. Alteration now closed

    The latest status recorded for B00565148-I1 is “Filing Withdrawn.”

    023

Matched DOB filings

All included filings for this building.

Each card opens a distinct official-source filing. Statuses reflect the current Street Futures snapshot, accessed Oct 7, 2026; this list should not be treated as a complete title or permit search.

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Where this building sits.

Neighborhoods

Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)

Streets

Hancock Street

Postal codes

11233

Applicants of record

Leslie M. Good ArchitectsEngineering Professional Service P.