Personal Injury Lawyers in Staten Island
Richmond County Supreme Court sits on Central Avenue in St. George. Here is where your case would be filed, the deadlines that apply, and what tends to be different about an injury claim brought on Staten Island.
Where a Staten Island injury case is filed
A personal injury case in Staten Island is generally brought in the Supreme Court, Richmond County, at:
- Richmond County Supreme Court — 26 Central Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301
It is part of the 13th Judicial District of the New York State Unified Court System. You do not need to live in Staten Island 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 Staten Island case
Staten Island is the most car-dependent borough by a wide margin. It has a single rail line and no subway, and most journeys are made by car — so the injury work here looks less like the rest of the city and more like suburban New York: intersection and turning collisions, higher-speed impacts on the Staten Island Expressway and the West Shore, and parking-lot and driveway incidents.
The ferry and the bridges add a second layer. A crash on a public crossing, on an MTA bus, or involving a city-owned vehicle brings the 90-day Notice of Claim rule into play, and that deadline is the one most often missed on cases we are asked to take over.
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 Staten Island
Annadale, Arrochar, Bulls Head, Castleton Corners, Charleston, Clifton, Dongan Hills, Eltingville, Great Kills, Grymes Hill, Huguenot, Mariners Harbor, Midland Beach, New Brighton, New Dorp, Oakwood, Port Richmond, Prince’s Bay, Rosebank, St. George, Stapleton, Todt Hill, Tottenville, West Brighton and Willowbrook.
We also take cases in Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan, and across the rest of New York State. See the full coverage map.
The cases we handle in Staten Island
- 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 Staten Island 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.