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What happened to Marathon National Bank of New York?
Marathon National Bank of New York in Astoria, NY merged into Investors Bank of Short Hills, NJ on Oct 15, 2012. After 1 more change of hands, what was Marathon National Bank of New York is today part of Citizens Bank, National Association (Providence, RI).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1989Marathon National Bank of New York opens in Astoria, NY
- Oct 15, 2012MERGEDMarathon National Bank of New York merged into Investors Bank of Short Hills, NJ.FDIC certificate 32698 ends; its business continues under certificate 28892.
- Apr 7, 2022MERGEDInvestors Bank of Short Hills, NJ merged into Citizens Bank, National Association of Providence, RI.FDIC certificate 28892 ends; its business continues under certificate 57957.
- TodayOPEN
Citizens Bank, National AssociationMain office Providence, RI · FDIC certificate 57957 · 971 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every Citizens Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.citizensbank.com
If you still have something from Marathon National Bank of New York
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Marathon National Bank of New York as lienholder, start with Citizens Bank, National Association. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Citizens Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name Marathon National Bank of New York. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Citizens Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the Marathon National Bank of New York office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
15 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 9 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 43 - 08 Bell BoulevardBayside, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 3101 BroadwayAstoria, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 267 5th AveNew York, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 1577 Northern BlvdManhasset, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 7826 5th AveBrooklyn, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 1200 Forest AveStaten Island, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 15007 14th AveWhitestone, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 7123 3rd AveBrooklyn, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 2 Flatbush Ave, Ste ABrooklyn, NY | OpenCitizens Bank, National Association |
| 2400 Lemoine AvenueFort Lee, NJ | No longer reported |
| 2846 Steinway StreetAstoria, NY | No longer reported |
| 33-02 Ditmars BoulevardAstoria, NY | No longer reported |
| 8724 Fourth AvenueBrooklyn, NY | No longer reported |
| 250 9th AvenueNew York, NY | No longer reported |
| 32-04 BroadwayAstoria, NY | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Marathon National Bank of New York
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 2 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Interbank of New YorkNew York City, NY | Jan 23, 2004 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 32698 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.