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70 Hancock Street

A 3-story building with 26 apartments, built in 1975, in Staten Island, NY 10305.

HPD records as of October 26, 2026

14open HPD violations2 immediately hazardous
12complaints to HPD, past yearnone about heat
1rent-stabilized apartmentsregistered in 2019
May 2025latest housing court case6 cases on record, all years

70 Hancock Street has 14 open HPD violations, 2 of them immediately hazardous. Tenants made 12 complaints to HPD in the past year. It is registered to BELAIR RIDGE DEVELOPMENT CORP. 1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2019.

Does 70 Hancock Street have open violations?

Yes: 14 open violations as of October 26, 2026. HPD sorts them by how soon the owner must fix them:

ClassDeadlineOpen
C, immediately hazardous24 hours for most2
B, hazardous30 days10
A, non-hazardousAbout 90 days2

It has an open class C violation, as 66% of NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments do. More on buildings by size

Of the violations HPD wrote here in the past year, 6 have been closed.

What do tenants complain about?

Tenants made 12 complaints to HPD in the 12 months to October 26, 2026, none about heat or hot water. Complaints reach HPD through 311; an inspector may then write a violation.

Among NYC buildings with 20 to 49 apartments, 69% had at least one complaint to HPD in the past year, and 53% had one about heat or hot water.

Who owns 70 Hancock Street?

70 Hancock Street is registered with HPD to BELAIR RIDGE DEVELOPMENT CORP. The registration also names a head officer and a managing agent, the people HPD contacts about the building.

5 other buildings are registered to the same company name, with 0 open violations between them.

Housing court and evictions

The latest housing court case over conditions or harassment opened in May 2025. HPD’s record has 6 cases here in all, going back to the 1990s.

City marshals carried out 1 eviction here in the five years to May 30, 2026.

For comparison, 1% of residential buildings in 10305 had a housing court case in the past five years.

Is 70 Hancock Street rent stabilized?

1 apartment was registered as rent stabilized in 2019, the same as in 2018. That’s 1 of the building’s 26 apartments. Whether one apartment is stabilized is in its rent history, which the tenant can ask the state for.

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HPD violations, complaints, registrations and housing court cases as of October 26, 2026; evictions and rent-stabilized counts as of May 30, 2026; size and age from the city’s PLUTO. All from NYC Open Data. Public records, not legal advice. Tax lot 5-03342-0021.