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Preview99 Hancock Street
Brooklyn · built 1881
This two-family home at 99 Hancock Street is nestled in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a vibrant central Brooklyn neighborhood celebrated for its impressive collection of historic rowhouses. City property records date the building's construction to 1881, placing it among the many late 19th-century residences that define the area's architectural character.
With two residential units on the lot, this property is described by city records as a one- and two-family dwelling. Its location on block 1832, lot 75, helps chart its place within the historic fabric of Bedford-Stuyvesant, offering a glimpse into the area's development over time.
This overview was generated from public records, including NYC property data.
Where it stands
The deed chain
No deeds have surfaced for this address yet. Ownership records often live only at the county recorder — when we find a transfer, the full chain will appear here.
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Search Kings (Brooklyn), NY's county recorder →NYC ACRIS Socrata open datasets — fully open bulk + API; Plot uses these natively. Pre-1966 deeds are scanned but not in the structured dataset. Index reaches back to 1966.
Residents across the decades
See the families who called this address home, census by census, 1880–1950.
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