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Bronx (directions)
1118 Grand Concourse 
Bronx NY 10456

Answers
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby
Windows 1,2,3
718 466-3014

To answer a nonpayment or holdover petition if you are self-represented.

Appeals Clerk
1118 Grand Concourse
Ground Floor - Clerk's Office
718 466-3025

To obtain forms and information in order to file a notice of appeal from a Housing Court order or judgment. You may obtain forms to apply for poor person's relief here also.

Appellate Division
27 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10010
212 340-0400

 

To appeal an order from the Appellate Term.

View the website.

Appellate Term
60 Centre Street, room 401
New York, NY
212 374-8500

To apply for an immediate stay from an order or judgment of the Housing Court, or other emergency relief. To seek relief if a judge declines to sign an order to show cause, or signs an order to show cause upon conditions with which you do not agree. The Appellate Term hears and decides appeals from the Housing Court.

Archives 
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby
All Service Windows
718 466-3011

To requisition from storage court files more than four years old.

Bankruptcy Court
1 Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
212 668-2870

To file for bankruptcy.

View the Website

Cashier
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby 
Window 8
718 466-3011

To pay court fees in order to obtain a court service, such as buying an index number to start a proceeding. To file a nonpayment or holdover notice of petition. To pay for and file a jury demand or a notice of appeal.

Court Reporters
851 Grand Concourse
Room 701A - Mezzanine
718 618-2558

To request a transcript of your court hearing if notes were taken by a court reporter. You will need the date of the hearing and the name of the judge.

Decisions on Orders to Show Cause and Motions
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby
Windows 1,2,3
718 466-3014

 

To obtain a copy of a decision on an order to show cause or motion. You will need the index number of the proceeding or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

HP Clerk
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby
Window 7
718 466-3014

To bring your landlord to court to make repairs by filing an HP petition. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Information/Attorney Papers/File Requisition
1118 Grand Concourse, Lobby-Information Desk
Attorney papers-Window 8
File requisition-Windows 1,2,3
Attorney file requisition-Window 6 
(only 8am-9am & 1pm-2pm)
718 466-3014

To get general information, to file papers if you are an attorney or self-represented, to look at any court file which is four years old or less.

Interpreter (Spanish)
Other languages can be ordered
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby
Window 6
718 466-3003

To conduct any court business in the clerk's office if you do not speak English.

Motions
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby
Window 8
718 466-3012

To file a written motion that has already been prepared and served, to submit an attorney's order to show cause, to obtain a subpoena for records or for a person, or to submit a document that needs a judge's signature.

Orders To Show Cause 
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby
Windows 4,5
718 466-3021

To stop an eviction, be restored to possession, or bring your case back to court for any reason, if you are self-represented. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Payment Clerk
1118 Grand Concourse Lobby 
Window 8
718 466-3011

To deposit money into court to satisfy a petition, judgment or court order. To file a bond or undertaking on appeal. Please bring a copy of such papers in order to make the deposit.

Poor Person's Relief
1118 Grand Concourse
For Appeals-Ground Floor, Clerk's Office
For HP-Lobby, Window 7
For Illegal Lockout-Lobby, Windows 4,5

To apply to be excused from paying court fees for court services, such as for starting an HP or other proceeding, filing a petition to be restored to possession, filing a jury demand, serving a subpoena and appealing a court ruling.

Public Access Computer 
1118 Grand Concourse
Room 250

To learn the status of any landlord/tenant case from 1986 to the present. You will need an index number or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

Subpoenaed Records
1118 Grand Concourse
Lobby
Window 8
718 466-3011

To view documents which have been sent to court based upon a subpoena. A court order is required. You may obtain a copy of the form to request an order to examine subpoenaed records here or in the courtroom.

Tape Recording Transcription 
1118 Grand Concourse
7th Floor-Operations Office
718 466-3102

To requisition tapes to be transcribed and to have tapes copied. You will need the tape number and the counter numbers of the tape, if available, which you can get from the courtroom where your hearing was held. If you would like a copy of the court tape, please bring in three 90 minute blank tapes in sealed wrappers for each tape that you want copied. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Warrant Clerk
1118 Grand Concourse
Mezzanine
718 466-3004

To check on the status of a warrant of eviction.

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Kings (directions
141 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Answers
Room 202
Windows 2-4 for and nonpayment petitions.
Window 10 for HP petitions.
347 404-9200

To answer a nonpayment, holdover or HP petition if you are self-represented. To submit a jury demand, fee to be paid at cashier.

Appeals Clerk
Room 715A
347 404-9216

To obtain forms and information in order to file an appeal from a Housing Court order or judgment. You may obtain forms to apply for poor person's relief here also.

Appellate Division
45 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 875-1300

 

To appeal an order from the Appellate Term.

View the website.

Appellate Term
141 Livingston St., 15th Floor
Brooklyn, NY
347 401-9580

To apply for an immediate stay from an order or judgment of the Housing Court, or other emergency relief. To seek relief if a judge declines to sign an order to show cause, or signs an order to show upon conditions with which you do not agree. The Appellate Term hears and decides appeals from the Housing Court.

Archives 
Room 007
Sub-basement
347 404-9015

To look at court records which are between one and three years old. Files more than four years old may be ordered from storage.

Bankruptcy Court
271 Cadman Plaza East 
Brooklyn, NY 11201
347 394-1700

To file for bankruptcy.

View the website

Cashier 
Room 205
Window
347 404-9210

To pay court fees in order to obtain a court service, such as buying an index number to start a proceeding. To file a nonpayment or holdover notice of petition. To pay for and file a notice of appeal. To obtain and file forms for poor person's relief.

Court Reporters
Room 720 
347 404-9150

To request a transcript of your court hearing if notes were taken by a court reporter. You will need the date of the hearing and the name of the judge.

Decisions on Orders to Show Cause and Motions
Room 202
Window 5
 

 

 

To obtain a copy of a decision on an order to show cause or motion. You will need the index number of the proceeding or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

 

HP Clerk
Room 202
Window 10
347 404-9200

To bring your landlord to court to make repairs by filing an HP petition. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Information Applications/File Requisition 
Room 202
Window 5

To get general information, to file papers and motions/ applications, to look at any court file which is one year old or less, if you are self-represented.

 

Interpreter (Spanish)
Other languages can be ordered 
Room 202, Window 1

To conduct any court business in the clerk's office if you do not speak English.

Motions Made by An Attorney/Attorney File Requisition
Room 203, rear Window
347 404-9200

If you are a lawyer, to file a written motion that has already been prepared and served, to submit an attorney's order to show cause, to obtain a subpoena for records or for a person, or to submit a document that needs a judge's signature. To look at a court file one year old or less.

Orders To Show Cause
Room 202
Windows 6-9
347 404-9200

If you are self-represented, to stop an eviction, be restored to possession, or bring your case back to court for any reason. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Payment Clerk
Room 205
Window 
347 404-9210

To deposit money into court to satisfy a petition, judgment or court order. To file a bond or undertaking on appeal. Please bring a copy of such papers in order to make the deposit.

Poor Person's Relief
Room 205
347 404-9210
 

To apply to be excused from paying court fees for court services, such as for starting an HP or other proceeding, filing a petition to be restored to possession, filing a jury demand, serving a subpoena and appealing a court ruling.

Public Access Computer
Room 203, Rear Window

To learn the status of any landlord/tenant case from 1986 to the present. You will need an index number or the name of a petitioner or of a respondent.

Subpoenaed Records
Room 007
Sub-basement
347 404-9015

To request documents which have been sent to court based upon a subpoena. A court order is required. You may obtain a copy of the form to request an order to examine subpoenaed records here or in the courtroom.

Tape Recording Transcription
Room 715-A
347 404-9216

To requisition tapes to be transcribed, to listen to tapes, and to have tapes copied. You will need the tape number and the counter numbers of the tape, if available, which you can get from the courtroom where your hearing was held. If you would like a copy of the court tape, please bring in three 90 minute blank tapes in sealed wrappers for each tape that you want copied. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

 

Warrant Clerk 
Room 202, Window 5

Room 208 
11am -12pm
3:30 pm -4:30 pm

347 404-9209

To check on the status of a warrant of eviction.

If you are self-represented.

If you are a lawyer.
 

Window Expediter
Room 202 
Window 1

To obtain court forms, information on pending cases and/or direction to the correct window in the clerk's office.

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New York (directions)
111 Centre Street 
New York, NY 10013

 

Answers
Room 225
Window 6
646 386-5504/5

Window 3
646 386-5500/1

 

 

 

To answer a nonpayment or holdover petition if you are self-represented. To submit a jury demand, fee to be paid at cashier.

To submit a prepared written answer in a holdover or HP proceeding if you are self-represented or an attorney. To submit a written answer in a nonpayment proceeding if you are an attorney. To submit a jury demand in a written answer, fee to be paid at cashier.

Appeals Clerk
Room 118
Window 6
646 386-5606

To obtain forms and information in order to file an appeal from a Housing Court order or judgment. You may obtain forms to apply for poor person's relief here also.

Appellate Division, 1st Department 
27 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212 340-0400

 

To appeal an order from the Appellate Term.

View the website.

 

 

Appellate Term, 1st Department 
60 Centre Street, room 401
New York, NY
646 386-3040

To apply for an immediate stay from an order or judgment of the Housing Court, or other emergency relief. To seek relief if a judge declines to sign an order to show cause, or signs an order to show cause upon conditions with which you do not agree. The Appellate Term hears and decides appeals from the Housing Court.

Archives
Room 225
Window 9 
646 386-5514/5

To look at court records which are between one and three years old. Files more than four years may be ordered from storage.

Bankruptcy Court
1 Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
212 668-2870

To file for bankruptcy.

View the website.

Cashier
Room 225
Window 1
646 386-5503

To pay court fees in order to obtain a court service, such as buying an index number to start a proceeding. To file a nonpayment or holdover notice of petition. To pay for and file a notice of appeal.

Court Reporters
Room 1167
646 386-5487
 

To request a transcript of your court hearing if notes were taken by a court reporter. You will need the date of the hearing and the name of the judge.

Decisions on Orders to Show Cause and Motions
Room 225
Window 3
646 386-5500/1

 

To obtain a copy of a decision on an order to show cause or motion. You will need the index number of the proceeding or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

HP Clerk
Room 225 
Window 5
646 386-5500/1

To bring your landlord to court to make repairs by filing an HP petition. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Information/Attorney Papers/File Requisition
Room 225 
Window 3
646 386-5500/1

To get general information, to file papers if you are an attorney or self-represented, to look at any court file which is one year old or less.

Interpreter - Spanish,
Mandarin, Cantonese, French 
Room 225 
Window 8
646 386-5509
Other Languages - can be ordered at any line

To conduct any court business in the clerk's office if you do not speak English.

Motions
Room 225 
Window 3
646 386-5500/1

To file a written motion that has already been prepared and served, to submit an attorney's order to show cause, to obtain a subpoena for records or for a person, or to submit a document that needs a judge's signature.

Orders To Show Cause
Room 225 
Window 6
646 386-5504/5

To stop an eviction, be restored to possession, or bring your case back to court for any reason, if you are self-represented. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Payment Clerk 
Room 225
Window 2
646 386-5503

To deposit money into court to satisfy a petition, judgment or court order. To file a bond or undertaking on appeal. Please bring a copy of such papers in order to make the deposit.

Poor Person's Relief
Room 225 
Window 6 
646 386-5504/5

To apply to be excused from paying court fees for court services, such as for starting an HP or other proceeding, filing a petition to be restored to possession, filing a jury demand, serving a subpoena and appealing a court ruling.

Public Access Computer
Room 225 
Window 4

To learn the status of any landlord/tenant case from 1986 to the present. You will need an index number or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

Subpoenaed Records
Room 225 
Window 9
646 386-5514/5

To view documents which have been sent to court based upon a subpoena. A court order is required. You may obtain a copy of the form to request an order to examine subpoenaed records here or in the courtroom.

Audio Records Office
(Transcript Requests)
Room 488 
646 386-5735/6

For requests to Listen, for Copies or Transcripts of recorded court proceedings (recorded either by Tape or Digital Audio):

Digital Audio Records: To listen or to obtain copies of digitally recorded court proceedings, you will need to provide the index number, date, room number and presiding Judge of the requested case. This is a free service.

Tape Requisitions: You will need to obtain the Tape ID Number and Counter Number (if available.) You can get this information from the courtroom where the proceeding was heard. To obtain a copy of the tape, please bring three blank 90-minute audio cassettes (in sealed original packaging) for each courtroom tape you wish to obtain copies of.

Transcription Requests: The court will provide a list of transcription companies from which to choose from. You are responsible for paying the company rates for preparing your transcript. If you cannot afford to pay for the transcript, you can apply for Poor Person relief.

 

Warrant Clerk 
Room 225
Window 10
646 386-5512

To check on the status of a warrant of eviction.

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Harlem (directions)
170 East 121st Street
New York, NY 10035 

 

 

Answers
Room 302
212 360-4113

To answer a nonpayment, holdover or HP petition. To submit a jury demand, fee to be paid at cashier.

Appeals Clerk
Room 302
212 360-4113

To obtain forms and information in order to file an appeal from a Housing Court order or judgment. You may obtain forms to apply for poor person's relief here also.

Appellate Division, 1st Department 
27 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212 340-0400

To appeal an order from the Appellate Term.

 

Appellate Term, 1st Department 
60 Centre Street, room 401
New York, NY
646 386-3040

To apply for an immediate stay from an order or judgment of the Housing Court, or other emergency relief. To seek relief if a judge declines to sign an order to show cause, or signs upon conditions with which you do not agree. The Appellate Term hears and decides appeals from the Housing Court.

Archives
Room 302 
212 360-4113

To look at court records between one and three years old. Files more than four years old must be ordered from storage.

Cashier
Room 302
Window 1
212 360-4113

To pay court fees in order to obtain a court service, such as buying an index number to start a proceeding. To file a nonpayment or holdover notice of petition. To pay for and file a notice of appeal.

Decisions on Orders to Show Cause and Motions
Room 302 
212 360-4113

 

To obtain a copy of a decision on an order to show cause or motion. You will need the index number of the proceeding or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

HP Clerk
Room 302
212 360-4113

To bring your landlord to court to make repairs by filing an HP petition. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Information/Attorney Papers/ File Requisition
Room 302
212 360-4113

To get general information, to file papers if you are an attorney or self-represented, to look at any court file which is one year old or less.

Interpreter (Spanish)
Other languages can be ordered 
Room 302
212 360-4113

To conduct any court business in the clerk's office if you do not speak English.

Motions
Room 302
212 360-4113

To file a written motion that has already been prepared and served, to submit an attorney's order to show cause, to obtain a subpoena for records or for a person, or to submit a document that needs a judge's signature.

Orders To Show Cause
Room 302
212 360-4113

To stop an eviction, be restored to possession, or bring your case back to court for any reason, if you are self-represented. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Payment Clerk
Room 302
Window 2 
212 360-4113

To deposit money into court to satisfy a petition, judgment or court order. To file a bond or undertaking on appeal. Please bring a copy of such papers in order to make the deposit.

Poor Person's Relief
Room 302
212 360-4113

To apply to be excused from paying court fees for court services, such as for starting an HP or other proceeding, filing a petition to be restored to possession, filing a jury demand, serving a subpoena and appealing a court ruling.

Public Access Computer 
Room 302

To learn the status of any landlord/tenant case from 2001 to the present. You will need an index number or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

Subpoenaed Records
Room 302
212 360-4113

To request documents which have been sent to court based upon a subpoena. A court order is required. You may obtain a copy of the form to request an order to examine subpoenaed records here or in the courtroom.

Tape/Audio Recording Transcription
Room 302
212 360-4113

To requisition tapes to be transcribed, to listen to tapes, and to have tapes copied. You will need the tape number and the counter numbers, if available, which you can get from the courtroom where your hearing was held. If you would like a copy of the court tape, please bring in three 90 minute blank tapes in sealed wrappers for each tape that you want copied. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Warrant Clerk
Room 302
212 360-4113

To check on the status of a warrant of eviction.

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Queens (directions)
89 - 17 Sutphin Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11435

Answers
Room 209
718 262-7145

To answer a nonpayment, holdover or HP petition. To submit a jury demand, fee to be paid at cashier.

Appeals Clerk
Room 209
718 262-7149

To obtain forms and information in order to file an appeal from a Housing Court order or judgment. You may obtain forms to apply for poor person's relief here also.

Appellate Division
45 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 875-1300

To appeal an order from the Appellate Term.

View the website.

 

Appellate Term
141 Livingston St. 15th floor
Brooklyn, New York
347 401-9580

To apply for an immediate stay from an order or judgment of the Housing Court, or other emergency relief. To seek relief if a judge declines to sign an order to show cause, or signs an order to show cause upon conditions with which you do not agree. The Appellate Term hears and decides appeals from the Housing Court.

Archives
Room 209
718 262-7145

To requisition from storage court files which are more than four years old.

Bankruptcy Court
75 Clinton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 330-2188

To file for bankruptcy.

View the website

Cashier
Room 357
Window - Housing 
718 262-7184

To pay court fees in order to obtain a court service, such as buying an index number to start a proceeding. To file a nonpayment or holdover notice of petition. To pay for and file a notice of appeal.

Calendar Clerk
Room 209
Window 5 
718 262-7148

To check the status of any proceeding, motion or order to show cause on the calendar. If you are commencing a holdover proceeding, you must file the notice of petition and petition here in order to receive a calendar assignment.

Court Reporters
Room 454
718 262-7336

To request a transcript of your court hearing if notes were taken by a court reporter. You will need the date of the hearing and the name of the judge.

Decisions on Orders to Show Cause and Motions
Room 209
Any Window
718 262-7145

 

 

To obtain a copy of a decision on an order to show cause or motion. You will need the index number of the proceeding or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

HP Clerk
Room 209
718 262-7145

To bring your landlord to court to make repairs by filing an HP petition. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Information/Attorney
Papers/File Requisition
Room 209
Window 1- Attorney papers


Any Window
718 262-7145

To get general information, to file papers, to look at any court file which is four years old or less, if you are an attorney. 

If you are self-represented.

Interpreter (Spanish)
Other languages can be ordered
Room 209
718 262-7145

To conduct any court business in the clerk's office if you do not speak English.

Motions
Room 209
Window 1
718 262-7148

To file a written motion that has already been prepared and served, to submit an attorney's order to show cause, to obtain a subpoena for records or for a person, or submit a to document that needs a judge's signature.

Orders To Show Cause
Room 209
718 262-7145

To stop an eviction, be restored to possession, or bring your case back to court for any reason, if you are self-represented. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Payment Clerk 
Room 209
Window 6
718 262-7148

To deposit money into court to satisfy a petition, judgment or court order. To file a bond or undertaking on appeal. Please bring a copy of such papers in order to make the deposit.

Poor Person's Relief
Room 209
718 262-7145

To apply to be excused from paying court fees for court services, such as for starting an HP or other proceeding, filing a petition to be restored to possession, filing a jury demand, serving a subpoena and appealing a court ruling.

Public Access Computer
Rooms 209 & 235

To learn the status of any landlord/tenant case from 1986 to the present. You will need an index number or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

Subpoenaed Records
Room 147
718 262-7138

To request documents which have been sent to court based upon a subpoena. A court order is required. You may obtain a copy of the form to request an order to examine subpoenaed records here or in the courtroom.

Tape Recording Transcription
Room 361 
718 262-7300

To requisition tapes to be transcribed, to listen to tapes, and to have tapes copied. You will need the tape number and the counter numbers of the tape, if available, which you can get from the courtroom where your hearing was held. If you would like a copy of the court tape, please bring in three 90 minute blank tapes in sealed wrappers for each tape that you want copied. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

 

Warrant Clerk
Room 209
718 262-7150

To check on the status of a warrant of eviction.

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Red Hook (directions)
88 Visitation Place
Brooklyn NY 11231 
 

Answers
Room 103
718 923-8270

To answer a nonpayment, holdover or HP petition. To submit a jury demand, fee to be paid at cashier.

Appeals Clerk
Room 103
718 923-8270

To obtain forms and information in order to file an appeal from a Housing Court order or judgment. You may obtain forms to apply for poor person's relief here also.

Appellate Division
45 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 875-1300

To appeal an order from the Appellate Term.

 

Appellate Term 
141 Livingston St. 15th floor
Brooklyn, New York
347 401-9580

To apply for an immediate stay from an order or judgment of the Housing Court, or other emergency relief. To seek relief if a judge declines to sign an order to show cause, or signs an order to show cause upon conditions with which you do not agree. The Appellate Term hears and decides appeals from the Housing Court.

Cashier
Room 103
718 923-8270

To pay court fees in order to obtain a court service, such as buying an index number to start a proceeding. To file a nonpayment or holdover notice of petition. To pay for and file a notice of appeal.

Court Reporters
Room 103
718 923-8272

To request a transcript of your court hearing if notes were taken by a court reporter. You will need the date of the hearing and the name of the judge.

Decisions on Orders to Show Cause and Motions
Room 103
718 923-8270
 

 

To obtain a copy of a decision on an order to show cause or motion. You will need the index number of the proceeding or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

HP Clerk
Room 103
718 923-8270

To bring your landlord to court to make repairs by filing an HP petition. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Information/Attorney Papers/ File Requisition
Room 103
718 923-8270
 

To get general information, to file papers if you are an attorney or self-represented, to look at any court file from May 2002 to the present.

Interpreter (Spanish)
Room 103 
718 923-8270

To conduct any court business in the clerk's office if you do not speak English.

Motions
Room 103
718 923-8270

To file a written motion that has already been prepared and served, to submit an attorney's order to show cause, to obtain a subpoena for records or for a person, or to submit a document that needs a judge's signature.

Orders To Show Cause
Room 103
718 923-8270

To stop an eviction, be restored to possession, or bring your case back to court for any reason, if you are self-represented. You may seek poor person's poor person's relief here also.

Payment Clerk
Room 103
718 923-8270

To deposit money into court to satisfy a petition, judgment or court order. To file a bond or undertaking on appeal. Please bring a copy of such papers in order to make the deposit.

Poor Person's Relief
Room 103
718 923-8270

To apply to be excused from paying court fees for court services, such as for starting an HP or other proceeding, filing a petition to be restored to possession, filing a jury demand, serving a subpoena and appealing a court ruling.

Subpoenaed Records 
Room 103
718 923-8270

To view documents which have been sent to court based upon a subpoena. A court order is required. You may obtain a copy of the form to request an order to examine subpoenaed records here or in the courtroom.

Tape Recording Transcription
Room 103
718 923-8270

To requisition tapes to be transcribed and to listen to tapes. You will need the tape number and the counter numbers of the tape, if available, which you can get from the clerk's office. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

 

Warrant Clerk
Room 103
718 923-8270

To check on the status of a warrant of eviction.

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Richmond (directions)
927 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310

Answers
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To answer a nonpayment, holdover or HP petition. To submit a jury demand, fee to be paid at cashier.

Appeals Clerk
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To obtain forms and information in order to file an appeal from a Housing Court order or judgment. You may obtain forms to apply for poor person's relief here also.

Appellate Division
45 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 875-1300

To appeal an order from the Appellate Term.

View the website.

 

Appellate Term 
141 Livingston St. 15th floor
Brooklyn, New York
347 401-9580

To apply for an immediate stay from an order or judgment of the Housing Court, or other emergency relief. To seek relief if a judge declines to sign an order to show cause, or signs an order to show cause upon conditions with which you do not agree. The Appellate Term hears and decides appeals from the Housing Court.

Archives
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To look at court records from 1996 to the present. Files prior to 1996 must be ordered from storage.

Bankruptcy Court
75 Clinton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 330-2188

To file for bankruptcy.

View the website

Cashier
Basement
718 390-5420

To pay court fees in order to obtain a court service, such as buying an index number to start a proceeding. To file a nonpayment or holdover notice of petition. To pay for and file a notice of appeal.

Court Reporters
Basement 
718 981-2572

To request a transcript of your court hearing if notes were taken by a court reporter, or to telephone court reporters. You will need the date of the hearing and the name of the judge.

Decisions on Orders to Show Cause and Motions
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

 

To obtain a copy of a decision on an order to show cause or motion. You will need the index number of the proceeding or the name of a petitioner or a respondent.

HP Clerk
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To bring your landlord to court to make repairs by filing an HP petition. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Information/Attorney
Paper/File Requisition 
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To get general information, to file papers if you are an attorney or self-represented, to look at any court file from 1996 to the present.

Interpreter (All Languages)
Basement
L&T Window
Can be ordered

To obtain a court interpreter if you do not speak English, for a pending case.

Motions
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To file a written motion that has already been prepared and served, to submit an attorney's order to show cause, to obtain a subpoena for records or for a person, or to submit a document that needs a judge's signature.

Orders To Show Cause
Basement 
L&T Window
718 390-5420
 

To stop an eviction, be restored to possession, or bring your case back to court for any reason, if you are self-represented. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

Payment Clerk
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To deposit money into court to satisfy a petition, judgment or court order. To file a bond or undertaking on appeal.

Poor Person's Relief 
Basement 
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To apply to be excused from paying court fees for court services such as for starting an HP or other proceeding, filing a petition to be restored possession, filing a jury demand, or serving a subpoena and appealing a court ruling.

Subpoenaed Records
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To view documents which have been sent to court based upon a subpoena. A court order is required. You may obtain a copy of the form to request an order to examine subpoenaed records here or in the courtroom.

Tape Recording Transcription
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To requisition tapes to be transcribed. You will need the tape number and the counter numbers of the tape, if available, which you can get from the courtroom where your hearing was held. You may seek poor person's relief here also.

 

Warrant Clerk
Basement
L&T Window
718 390-5420

To check on the status of a warrant of eviction.