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Car Accident Lawyer in Flushing
The intersection at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue is one of the busiest crosswalks in New York City. I have litigated crashes here, and at every other Flushing pedestrian-strike hotspot, for twenty-two years. Free consultation. Call 718-261-0546.
Where Flushing car accidents happen
Main Street at Roosevelt Avenue is the headline intersection. The 7 train terminal pours commuters onto the sidewalk in waves, the LIRR Flushing station adds another layer, and dozens of bus lines converge inside two blocks. The result is a constant collision zone: pedestrians struck by turning vehicles, bus-on-pedestrian incidents at the Main Street bus terminal, and rear-end crashes in the queue heading north on Main.
Northern Boulevard at Main Street is the second concentration. The crossing is wide, the traffic moves fast east of the commercial core, and the signal cycle leaves pedestrians stranded in the median. I handle pedestrian-struck and T-bone files here regularly. Kissena Boulevard at Sanford Avenue runs a parallel pattern slightly south, with the added factor of left-turning vehicles cutting across the bike lane.
Roosevelt Avenue at Prince Street and Main Street at 41st Road round out the high-injury cluster. NYC DOT lists Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue on the Vision Zero high-injury network. Language access is a substantial part of how I run Flushing cases. A large share of injured clients in this neighborhood primarily speak Mandarin, Cantonese, or Korean, and getting an honest medical-history record requires interpreters who understand the medical vocabulary, not just the conversational language.
NY no-fault basics for Flushing drivers
New York is a no-fault state. Insurance Law § 5103 requires every auto policy to provide $50,000 of Personal Injury Protection. PIP covers initial medical expenses and a portion of lost wages, paid by your own carrier regardless of fault. The cap is $50,000 per person, and PIP does not cover pain and suffering or future medical needs above that cap.
To recover for those losses, you have to sue the at-fault driver and clear the serious-injury threshold. NY Insurance Law § 5102(d) is the controlling statute. It defines nine threshold categories, and Insurance Law § 5104 is the gateway statute that bars lawsuits for non-economic loss unless one is met. Most threshold fights happen in the 90/180 limitation category, and the carrier defense playbook is built on summary judgment motions under CPLR § 3212.
The 30-day filing deadline for the NF-2 no-fault application is the most common reason cases lose PIP benefits. File it inside 30 days.
What to do after a car accident in Flushing
- Get medical care. NewYork-Presbyterian Queens at 56-45 Main Street is the closest hospital, and Flushing Hospital Medical Center is a short distance south. Tell intake this is an auto accident so the billing routes through no-fault.
- Photograph the vehicles, the intersection, the bus or commercial vehicle if involved, and your visible injuries. Get the police report. NY MV-104A is the standard.
- Do not speak to any insurance adjuster on a recorded line. Refer them to my office.
- Call 718-261-0546. We have Spanish in-house, and we work regularly with Mandarin, Cantonese, and Korean interpreters.
Cases I take
- Rear-end and chain collisions on Main Street and Northern Boulevard
- T-bones at Main and Roosevelt and at Northern and Main
- Hit-and-run cases (your UM/UIM coverage applies)
- Uber and Lyft passenger injuries
- Pedestrian struck cases at the Main Street terminal and on Roosevelt
- Bus-on-pedestrian cases at the Flushing bus hub
- Multi-vehicle crashes with comparative fault disputes
Talk to Nick
Call 718-261-0546. Free consultation. No fee unless we recover. Office: 102-11 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills. Spanish line: 718-261-0546. Tenemos servicios completos en español.
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