LPLatterProof Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx
Unreleased mortgage liens, New York City

4,127 mortgages still on the record at 3,810 New York addresses.

Every one was sold or refinanced, and no release is on file today. It surfaces at the next closing, and clearing it is your job.

Open a real one
One of them
455 CRESCENT STREET
Brooklyn, parcel 3-4216-20
No release found
1
$250,000 mortgageRecorded 23 March 2005
2
Sold 4 October 2005A sale like this ordinarily clears the mortgage
3
Nothing released itEvery later county document was read
4,127liens with no release on file
3,810addresses across four boroughs
252,556mortgages checked to find them
233went past due in the last year
Not a legacy pile

New ones every month.

New York contemplates about thirty days to file the release. These went past that and still have nothing on file, as of 31 July 2026, which is as far as the city's record is published.

70past due under 90 days
6890 days to six months
95six months to a year
Newest one 34-44 82 STREET $50,000 mortgage, refinance on 1 July 2026, 30 days and counting
The desk

One file, start to finish.

A real case, read on paper on August 31, 2026. This page replays that review. It does not contact the county while you read it, and it holds no private closing evidence.

Brooklyn practice case

455 CRESCENT STREET

County parcel 3-4216-20
Needs private proof

Open the saved case

The working desk accepts a buyer file reference, address, and mortgage document.

Ready to replay the saved review from August 31, 2026.
What you get

The county said it. We just read all of it.

The list

4,127 liens across four boroughs that were sold or refinanced with no release on file. Search by address. Every row links to the county's own document.

The desk

Open a file against one property and one mortgage, work it through public record and private proof, and close it only with the document that ends the lien.

The packet

A frozen record of what was read, when, and by whom. It is the thing you hand a client, and it cannot be edited after the file closes.

One honest limit, said plainly. The public record shows that a sale or refinance happened and that no release was filed. It cannot show that the debt was actually paid. That proof lives in the closing, payoff, title or servicing file, and clearing a lien always needs it.