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IMPORTANT
ADDRESSES
The
Housing Parts of the Civil Court are located:
Manhattan
111 Centre Street
New York, NY, 10013
646 386 5505/5506
Brooklyn
141 Livingston Street
Brooklyn NY, 11201
718 643 7528/7529
Bronx
1118 Grand Concourse
at 166th Street
Bronx, NY 10451
718 466 3005
Queens
89-17 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11435
718 262 7145
Staten
Island
927 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310
718 390 5420
Community
Courts
that serve specific areas of Brooklyn and Manhattan are located
at:
Harlem
Community Justice Center
(serves zip codes 10035 and 10037)
170 East 121st Street
New York, NY 10035
Red
Hook Community Justice Center
88
Visitation Place
Brooklyn, NY 11231
For
more information, visit the Housing Court web page: NYC
Housing Court
Each
Housing Court has various services available:
Free attorneys
who work for the court can answer your questions, but they are only
available on a limited basis. Get to court early to meet with these
attorneys, who are called pro se attorneys.
Help paying back rent is available if you 1) had
an unexpected emergency such as a medical illness, death
in your family, were laid off or lost your job or had your work
hours reduced, and 2) you can afford the rent in the future. Go
to the HRA office in the court to get a referral for assistance.
You can also call City-Wide's rent arrears assistance hotline for
a referral to a charity: 212 962 4795. If you cannot afford your
rent, apply for help through HRA. You may qualify for a rent subsidy
program.
Other
resources to help you with your case are
available in each court's Resource Center, including access to the
Internet. Ask the Court Clerk for the room number of the Resource
Center in a particular court. The Civil Court Info Line has
recorded information about the Housing Court in English and Spanish
(24 hours a day) at (212) 791-6000.
WHERE TO GO FOR HELP
The
City-Wide Task Force on Housing Court, Inc. staffs information
tables in each of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens Housing
Courts, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. In
Staten Island the Information Table is open on Wednesday and Thursday,
from 9:00-12:00 in the morning. The information is free and is available
to all unrepresented litigants. Referrals will be made to neighborhood
groups, legal service providers and other eviction prevention services.
Each afternoon (from 2:00-5:00), you may get answers to brief questions
at (212) 962 4795.
The
Metropolitan Council on Housing, Inc. is a citywide membership
organization that assists its members and tenants, by providing
information concerning housing matters including the defense of
eviction proceedings. The Met Council Hotline is available on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 1:30-5:30 at (212) 979 0611.
LEGAL
SERVICES
If
you have a low income, you may be eligible for free legal services
(a free attorney). To get the address of the office that services
your neighborhood, contact:
The
Legal Aid Society or Legal Services
for New York City
(212)577-3300 or (212)431-7200
If
you need a referral to a lawyer and you are not eligible for free
legal services contact:
The
Bar Association of the City of New York
(212) 626-7373
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