Personal Injury Lawyers in Manhattan
New York County Supreme Court sits at 60 Centre Street on Foley Square. Here is where your case would be filed, the deadlines that apply, and what tends to be different about an injury claim brought in Manhattan.
Where a Manhattan injury case is filed
A personal injury case in Manhattan is generally brought in the Supreme Court, New York County, Civil Term, at:
- New York County Supreme Court — 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007
It is part of the 1st Judicial District of the New York State Unified Court System. You do not need to live in Manhattan for your case to belong there — venue generally follows where the accident happened or where one of the parties resides.
What tends to be different about a Manhattan case
Manhattan is the most pedestrian-dense place in the country, and the injury profile follows: crossing collisions, turning vehicles, bus and taxi contact, cyclists and delivery riders in heavy traffic. Comparatively few of these cases involve two private cars, and comparatively many involve a commercial vehicle, a for-hire vehicle or a public one — which changes both who is liable and how long you have to act.
Construction is the other constant. Manhattan runs on scaffolding, sidewalk sheds, hoists and demolition, and New York’s Labor Law §§ 240 and 241 give injured construction workers protections that exist in almost no other state. If you were hurt on a site here, that statute is often the difference between a difficult case and a strong one.
The deadlines that apply
Three years is the usual limit for a claim against a private driver, business or property owner, under CPLR § 214. But if the City of New York, the MTA, NYC Transit, a public hospital or a school is involved, a written Notice of Claim is due within 90 days under General Municipal Law § 50-e, with the lawsuit itself due within one year and 90 days. A wrongful death claim runs two years from the date of death under EPTL § 5-4.1.
Separately, the no-fault application to your own insurer is due within 30 days of a motor vehicle crash, and no-fault does not cover pain and suffering — that requires meeting the “serious injury” threshold in Insurance Law § 5102(d). Our guide to how these claims work goes through both in plain English.
Neighborhoods we serve in Manhattan
Battery Park City, Chelsea, Chinatown, East Harlem, East Village, Financial District, Gramercy, Greenwich Village, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, Hell’s Kitchen, Inwood, Kips Bay, Lower East Side, Midtown, Morningside Heights, Murray Hill, NoHo, SoHo, TriBeCa, Turtle Bay, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Washington Heights and the West Village.
We also take cases in Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island, and across the rest of New York State. See the full coverage map.
The cases we handle in Manhattan
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Pedestrian accidents and bicycle accidents
- Bus accidents, taxi accidents and Uber & Lyft accidents
- Construction and work injuries
- Slips, trips and falls and premises liability
- Truck accidents and wrongful death
The City publishes its street-safety data and redesign work through Vision Zero, a useful public record of the corridors that generate the most serious crashes.
Talk to us about a Manhattan case
The consultation is free and there is no fee unless we win. If you are not sure whether you have a case, that is exactly the call to make — particularly if a city agency or the MTA may be involved, because of the 90-day clock.
Deadlines and their exceptions turn on facts specific to each case, so treat the dates above as the shape of the rule rather than as advice about your own claim.