seth doane has details. >> reporter: you grew up in this house? >> i grew up in this house.s is my home. >> reporter: after struggling to pay off a home equity loan, pat antrobus was facing foreclosure and thought she'd be forced from her brooklyn, new york, neighborhood, and the only home she's known. >> i could have taken out stock in hersheys, nestle, and hague an dawes, okay. i was so stressed. >> reporter: though she tried to negotiate with her bank several times, relief came from a rather unlikely knight in shining armor this man, judge arthur schack of the king's county supreme court. >> my role is to try to do justice, so if the little guy can stay in his house, that's great. >> reporter: lenders need judicial approval to foreclose on homeowners in new york. it's usually a routine process, though not in these chambers. is there a way to characterize the papers that you see overall? >> not-- not for publication. >> reporter: as foreclosure filings have mounted, so have mistakes. it reminds the judge of his days a a social studies teacher. >> students would ask me if s