Where can I retrieve medical records from a closed hospital?

If you just need a record of your birth, then you don't need the hospital records. The original copy of the "certificate of live birth" is kept by the municipal government.

There is a website called Patient Bank that can retrieve medical records from all over the country. Any records from the Port Chester, NY area can be obtained through RWI Corporation. The source below may be of some assistance. You have to hurry since this website will shut down on 01/12/2018.

I don't either but if you think you need the records for a social security or ssi disability claim - you don't. SS isn't interested in your medical records going back that far. They are only interested in the 12 months prior to filing your claim - if SSI - because you need only prove that you are severely disabled as of the month and year you file the claim. If social security then they are only interested in medical records going back 12 months before your date of disability or when you reached age 18 because there is a 12 month retroactivity limit when it comes to paying social security disability benefits. Date of disability is the date you last worked and earned $1170 a month.

If you are seeing a therapist or medical doctor who needs those records you can sign a release form and they can get the records.