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Brooklyn deeds are recorded at the City Register's office inside the Municipal Building on Joralemon Street, and the Supreme Court on Adams Street holds foreclosure auctions every week. Swifty Home Buyers, a nationwide cash buyer, makes offers on Brooklyn houses and small buildings from Greenpoint to Coney Island. You get a firm offer on the property as it stands: no financing contingency, no agent commission, no repair list, and a closing date you choose. Confirm dates and fees with each office. This is general information, not legal advice.
Areas we cover: Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Red Hook, Sunset Park, Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, East New York, Brownsville, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Boro Park, Flatbush, East Flatbush, Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island, Canarsie, Marine Park
Foreclosure auctions at 360 Adams Street
The Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term says its foreclosure auctions are held every Thursday in Room 224 at 2:30 PM, and it warns that some listed properties are not sold because of judicial stays or forbearance agreements between the parties. The court's Foreclosure Office is at 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn 11201 (347-401-9169), and its settlement office is in Room 361 (347-401-9124). The court says settlement conference notices are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Russian and Spanish. Check the court's property list for a given address rather than relying on a posted date.
Estates at the Kings County Surrogate's Court
Recording a deed at 210 Joralemon Street
The Department of Finance says the Office of the City Register records deeds, mortgages and leases for Brooklyn. Its Brooklyn Business Center page puts the City Register on the 2nd floor of the Brooklyn Municipal Building, 210 Joralemon Street, for document submission, pickup, certified copies and research, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. ACRIS covers Brooklyn records from 1966 to the present. DOF also runs a free Notice of Recorded Document program that alerts enrolled owners, agents, attorneys and estate representatives when a deed or mortgage is recorded against a property. Your attorney or title company normally handles the filing.
Transfer taxes on a Brooklyn sale
For a one-to-three-family home or a condo or co-op unit, DOF's city real property transfer tax is 1% of the price at $500,000 or less and 1.425% above that. The return is created in ACRIS, the tax and return are due within thirty days after the transfer, and DOF says all parties have to sign the return. New York State adds $2 per $500 of consideration, paid by the seller, plus a 1% tax on residences at $1 million or more that the buyer pays. For New York City property, the state also lists an extra $1.25 per $500 at $3 million or more for residential, and a supplemental tax of 0.25% to 2.9% at $2 million or more. The state says New York City conveyances use Form TP-584-NYC.
The state property condition disclosure statement
Rent stabilization and a tenant-occupied building
The state's Homes and Community Renewal fact sheet says stabilization covers buildings built after 1947 and before 1974, apartments removed from rent control, and buildings with J-51, 421-a or 421-g tax benefits. The Rent Guidelines Board says an owner of a building with six or more units that is not a condo or co-op should contact HCR, and that not every unit in a building with stabilized units is necessarily stabilized. HCR says annual registration statements are due by July 31, with a $500 fine per unregistered unit for each month registrations are delinquent, and Form RA-44 reports a change in building ownership. The Attorney General's tenant guide says a landlord who sells must transfer security deposits to the new owner within five days or return them, and must notify tenants by registered or certified mail. Have a real estate attorney review the rent roll.
Deed theft protections for Brooklyn owners
The Department of Finance says deed fraud happens when criminals record fraudulent deeds, mortgages or other liens against a property without the owner's knowledge or consent, and that the City Register reports suspicious activity to the Sheriff's Office. Victims are told to report to the Sheriff at (718) 707-2100 and to the district attorney, and the 311 page directs victims to the Mayor's Office of Deed Theft Prevention intake form at nyc.gov/deedtheft. State legislation, A6656 (Chapter 630 of 2023, signed November 14, 2023), provides protections for victims of real property theft. The bill text lets a government agency move to stay a proceeding to recover possession of or quiet title to a residential property based on a pending good-faith investigation, and lets district attorneys and the Attorney General file a notice of pendency on probable cause of a crime affecting title.
Common situations
- A Bedford-Stuyvesant or Flatbush homeowner with a foreclosure auction listed at 360 Adams Street who wants a private sale option.
- Heirs to a Brooklyn two-family waiting on Surrogate's Court paperwork and tired of carrying the house.
- An owner of a stabilized walk-up in Sunset Park or Bushwick who is overwhelmed by DHCR registration and tenant questions.
- A homeowner who found an unfamiliar deed or mortgage recorded against the property and wants to stop holding it.
- A seller whose Brooklyn house needs work and who does not want to prepare it for a retail listing.
Brooklyn seller FAQ
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Sources and last reviewed
- NY Courts: Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term, Foreclosure Sales
- NY Courts: Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term, Foreclosure Office
- NY Courts: Kings County Surrogate's Court Help Center
- NY Courts: Kings County Surrogate's Court E-Filing Protocol
- NY Courts: 2nd Judicial District (Kings County courts)
- NYC Department of Finance: Brooklyn Business Center
- NYC Department of Finance: Recording documents
- NYC Department of Finance: Notice of Recorded Document program FAQ
- NYC Department of Finance: Real Property Transfer Tax
- NYS Tax Department: Real estate transfer tax
- NYS Department of State: Property Condition Disclosure Statement (DOS-1614-f, 2025)
- NY State Senate: S5400 (2023), amending Real Property Law 462
- NYS HCR: Rent stabilization coverage (Fact Sheet 1)
- NYS HCR: Rent registration
- NYC Rent Guidelines Board: Rent stabilization FAQs
- NY Attorney General: Residential Tenants' Rights Guide
- NYC Department of Finance: Deed fraud protection
- NYC311: Property Deed or Record Theft
- NY State Assembly: A6656 (2023), real property theft protections
- NY State Senate: S6577 (2023) bill text
- NYC Community Boards: Brooklyn boards
Last reviewed: September 2026. General information only, not legal or tax advice. Rules vary by county and municipality and change over time; talk to a local real estate attorney or title company before you decide.
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