NYC Foreclosure Auction Radar — May 18, 2026

Nine foreclosure auction notices entered NYC's public record between May 13–15, 2026, spanning Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The Bronx leads on raw discount depth this cycle — one Edenwald single-family opens at $325,000 against a ~$524K–$607K assessed range. A Flatiron condo with a $33K lien against a ~$999K unit value is the wildcard: the discount arithmetic looks spectacular, but the lien may sit behind a surviving first mortgage. No new multi-unit Manhattan mega-liens this round; last cycle's East Harlem $10.5M entry has no equivalent in this batch. Tax lien sales remain paused citywide (since April 24, 2026), so every case here is a mortgage or HOA-driven foreclosure.

Quick-scan summary

#	Address	Borough	Auction date	Opening bid / Judgment	Est. market value	Implied discount	Carry
1	254 Park Ave S, #4R	Manhattan	Jun 16, 2026	~$33K lien	~$999K–$1.5M	97%+ off lien ⚠️	HOA-type?
2	1183 Grenada Pl	Bronx	~May 23, 2026	$325K bid	~$524K–$607K	38–46% off	Mortgage
3	114-23 147th St, Jamaica	Queens	Jun 5, 2026	~$348K judgment	~$600K	~42% off	Mortgage
4	114-94 225th St, Cambria Heights	Queens	Jun 12, 2026	TBD	~$681K	TBD	Mortgage
5	534 W 175th St	Manhattan	Jun 2, 2026	~$1.79M judgment	~$1.05M–$1.75M	Minimal/none	Mortgage
6	236 W 136th St	Manhattan	Jun 16, 2026	$1.54M judgment	~$1.5M–$2.2M est.	Minimal	Mortgage
7	145 Allen St	Manhattan	Jun 9, 2026	~$2.68M judgment	~$6.1M	~56% off	Commercial
8	60 Columbus Circle, Ofc A2	Manhattan	Jun 9, 2026	~$35.86M judgment	N/A (commercial)	N/A	Commercial
9	Richmond County (address TBD)	Staten Island	May 28, 2026	TBD	TBD	TBD	Mortgage

Bronx — deepest confirmed discount

1183 Grenada Place, Bronx NY 10466 (Edenwald)

Opening bid: $325,000 — listed on Auction.com (approximately five days from the search date, placing the auction window around May 23, 2026).1

The property is a 3-bed, 1.5-bath attached two-story brick home built in 1941, at 1,188 sqft. A 2025 AVM report pegged the assessed value at $607,000; active MLS listings in the same block have been priced between $524,900 and $544,900.2 The $325K opening bid implies a 38–46% discount to current value range, making this the clearest headline deal in the current batch.

Risk flags:

Auction.com platform charges a buyer's premium (typically 5% of the winning bid), which closes the gap by ~$16K.
Occupancy status not confirmed. Edenwald is a residential neighborhood in northeast Bronx — tenant-occupied or owner-occupied scenarios are both plausible.
Title/lien detail beyond the opening bid is not available from the listing snippet. A full title search against ACRIS records is mandatory before bidding.

Queens — two entries, one with a parallel short-sale complication

114-23 147th Street, Jamaica NY (Block 11978, Lot 54)

Auction set for June 5, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. under Queens Supreme Court. The judgment of foreclosure and sale is approximately $348,494.97 plus interest and costs.3

The 1-family house in Jamaica has a judgment figure roughly 42% below the neighborhood's typical 1-family value range of $550K–$700K, based on comparable sales in the 147th Street corridor.

Risk flags:

Queens Supreme Court referee sale — 10% deposit due at auction, certified funds only.
Jamaica neighborhood: generally transit-oriented (E/J/Z subway), active rental market. Occupancy must be confirmed.
Senior lien priority appears straightforward (single judgment), but a title search is required to confirm no junior liens.

114-94 225th Street, Cambria Heights NY 11411

Auction scheduled June 12, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., Queens Supreme Court, under a Final Judgment of Foreclosure.4 The property is a 3-bed, 1-bath, 1,080 sqft single-family home built in 1950 on a 1,830 sqft lot.

Market value estimates cluster tightly: Zillow Zestimate $677,300, Realtor.com $670,100, Homes.com $697,192.5 The opening bid and judgment amount were not disclosed in the notice snippets — the discount calculation is pending.

Unusual complication: The same property appears as an active short sale on NYSMLS at $175,000.6 That dual-track situation — simultaneous foreclosure auction and short-sale listing — typically means the borrower is attempting lender approval of the short sale as an alternative to the auction. Bidders should confirm on the morning of June 12 whether the auction has been adjourned pending a short-sale resolution.

Risk flags:

Possible last-minute adjournment if short-sale is approved before June 12.
Built 1950: standard aging home risk (roof, mechanicals).
Cambria Heights is a predominantly owner-occupied, stable Queens neighborhood — low crime, no flood zone concern from public data.

Manhattan — four entries, two worth flagging for homebuyers

254 Park Avenue South, Unit 4R — Flatiron District

Auction: June 16, 2026 at 2:15 p.m. The foreclosure lien is approximately $33,303.99 plus interest and costs.7 The condo is 1 bed, 1 bath, 788 sqft in a Beaux Arts landmark building at the corner of Park Avenue and 20th Street. The unit last listed at $999,000 on StreetEasy (delisted March 2025); a separate distressed property aggregator estimates market value at $1,499,900.8 9

The headline looks extraordinary: a $33K lien on a ~$1M unit. The actual risk is this: a $33K lien almost certainly means the foreclosing party is a junior lienholder — most likely a condo association or a small second mortgage — not the first mortgage holder. In New York, a junior lien foreclosure does not extinguish senior liens. A buyer who wins this auction takes the unit subject to any outstanding first mortgage. Before bidding, confirm through ACRIS whether a first mortgage exists on this unit and what its current balance is.

Risk flags:

⚠️ First mortgage survival risk — the defining risk here. If a $700K–$800K first mortgage survives, the unit is not cheap.
Case number: 159976/2025 — filed 2025, judgment entered recently. Title search against index number mandatory.
24-hour doorman building. Monthly common charges at 254 Park Avenue South are substantial (luxury building); potential HOA arrears beyond the $33K lien.
Flatiron District: strong resale market, but buyer must verify the property is free of senior encumbrances before the discount is real.

534 West 175th Street — Washington Heights

Auction: June 2, 2026 at 2:15 p.m. Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered March 12, 2026; judgment amount approximately $1,788,234.28 plus interest and costs.10 The property is a 4-bed, 2-bath multifamily at 2,592 sqft; NYC DOF assessed value is $1,753,000 (Zillow); a Realtor.com AVM puts estimated market value at $1,055,000.11 12

The judgment of $1.79M sits at or above the Realtor.com AVM and right at the DOF assessed value. There is no obvious equity cushion for a third-party bidder. Unless the market value is meaningfully higher than the AVM suggests, the lender will bid in the property at the judgment amount. This one is likely to be a lender takeback.

Risk flags:

No discount: judgment ≥ AVM estimate.
10% deposit required; certified funds only (no Auction.com platform).
Washington Heights 4-bed multifamily — tenant-occupied scenarios common.

236 West 136th Street — Central Harlem

Auction: June 16, 2026. Judgment: $1,541,954.90.13 The property is a 3-story, 2-unit townhouse (3,400 sqft) built in 1899 in Central Harlem.

At $1.54M, the judgment is in the range of recent Harlem 2-family sale prices. This is not a distressed-price opportunity unless a bidder believes the property's as-is value substantially exceeds the AVM range — possible given the footprint, but not guaranteed. A critical detail: the Amsterdam News carried foreclosure sale notices for this same address in early 2025 (March 2025 sale date), suggesting the prior auction was adjourned.14 Two adjournment cycles on a single property often signal ownership disputes, bankruptcy filings, or contested proceedings — all title-complicating factors.

Risk flags:

Possible repeated adjournment pattern — confirm the June 16 date is live before committing due diligence resources.
Built 1899: structural assessments needed; possible landmark or historic district proximity (Central Harlem has scattered historic blocks).
2-unit occupied townhouse — double the occupancy complexity.

Manhattan — commercial entries (not homebuyer-eligible)

145 Allen Street — Lower East Side (commercial, 7,900 sqft)

Auction June 9, 2026 at 2:15 p.m. The case — U.S. Bank N.A. v. 145 Allen Legacy Ltd. Liab. Co. — involves a commercial mortgage foreclosure with a judgment of $2,682,806.98 versus a distressed-property estimate of ~$6,146,100 for the commercial building.15 16 The implied discount (~56%) is substantial, but this is a commercial asset requiring a commercial buyer.

60 Columbus Circle, Office Unit A2 — Midtown West (commercial)

Auction June 9, 2026 at 2:15 p.m. The judgment is $35,859,621.49 — the largest single-asset foreclosure in this week's batch.17 The Time Warner Center address (now 30 Hudson Yards/Columbus Circle campus) places this in one of Midtown's most prominent mixed-use towers. This is an institutional or high-net-worth investor target only.

Staten Island — address pending

One Staten Island entry surfaced in PropertyShark's public foreclosure list: a May 28, 2026 auction (10:00 a.m.) at the Richmond County Courthouse, 18 Richmond Terrace, Room 112. The foreclosing entity is U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association; the judgment date shown is April 27, 2026.18 The property address is behind PropertyShark's paywall. Bidders targeting Staten Island should check the Richmond County Supreme Court calendar directly for the full property details.

One entry to monitor, not bid

1035 Hollywood Avenue, Bronx NY 10465 has a foreclosure sale notice filed May 14, 2026,19 but the final judgment was entered on August 16, 2017 — nearly nine years ago. Multiple prior auction notices for this same address appeared in the Amsterdam News in April and May 2025. A case that keeps getting re-noticed without closing almost always has a complicating factor: active bankruptcy, contested ownership, title defect, or unresolved lien dispute. Worth watching for resolution, but not worth committing resources to until the sale actually closes.

Borough context: where the deals concentrate

The Bronx and Queens are where residential bargain opportunities appear this cycle — consistent with Q1 2026's pattern of Queens leading NYC in new filings (167 of 399 citywide). Manhattan entries in this batch are either at or above market (Washington Heights, Harlem) or are commercial assets. The single confirmed Staten Island courthouse entry lacks an address.

For homebuyer-focused bidders, the short list is 1183 Grenada Pl (Bronx) and 114-23 147th St (Jamaica, Queens) as properties with confirmed or implied equity cushions. The Cambria Heights Queens entry is worth monitoring if the short-sale track collapses and the June 12 auction proceeds as scheduled.

Reminder on NYC tax lien sales: The citywide tax lien sale remains paused through approximately October 24, 2026.20 All current foreclosure activity is mortgage-driven, meaning lenders — not tax agencies — set the pace.

NYC Foreclosure Auction Radar — May 18, 2026

Quick-scan summary

Bronx — deepest confirmed discount

1183 Grenada Place, Bronx NY 10466 (Edenwald)

Queens — two entries, one with a parallel short-sale complication

114-23 147th Street, Jamaica NY (Block 11978, Lot 54)

114-94 225th Street, Cambria Heights NY 11411

Manhattan — four entries, two worth flagging for homebuyers

254 Park Avenue South, Unit 4R — Flatiron District

534 West 175th Street — Washington Heights

236 West 136th Street — Central Harlem

Manhattan — commercial entries (not homebuyer-eligible)

145 Allen Street — Lower East Side (commercial, 7,900 sqft)

60 Columbus Circle, Office Unit A2 — Midtown West (commercial)

Staten Island — address pending

One entry to monitor, not bid

Borough context: where the deals concentrate

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