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Village of Great Neck Plaza
2 Gussack Plaza
P.O. Box 440
Great Neck, NY 11022-0440
Phone: 516-482-4500
Fax: 516-482-3503
Justice Court
Neil R. Finkston
Village Justice
Richard Kestenbaum
Acting Village Justice
Pattianne DiRosa
Court Clerk
Steven Wimpfheimer
Village Prosecutor
The Village Justice Court has one Elected Village Justice and one Acting Village Justice. Our Justice Court handles traffic, parking and village ordinance violations.
Court is normally in session on the first four Tuesdays evenings of every month unless otherwise specified. Trials are held on the third Tuesday of every month and you will be notified by mail if you are directed to appear for a trial. The court doors open at 6:30pm for signing in and Court begins at 7:00pm. The Judge calls the calendar in the order that you sign in. For your convenience, the Court schedule for the year 2011 is listed below.
2011
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
4 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
12 |
10 |
14 |
18 trials |
15
trials |
17
Thurs. tr |
21 trials |
17 trials |
21 trials |
25 |
22 |
22 |
26 |
24 |
28 |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
5 |
2 |
8 Thurs. |
4 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
19 |
13 |
11 |
10 Thurs. |
13 |
19 trials |
16 trials |
20 trials |
18 trials |
15 trials |
20 trials |
26 |
23 |
27 |
25 |
22 |
Instructions for Parking Violations:
All fines are payable in person or by mail to the Village of Great Neck Plaza-Justice Court, 2 Gussack Plaza, Great Neck , NY 11021, on or before the return date of the summons. If you would like to pay in person, please come to the Court office located within the Village Hall monday through friday, 9:00am until 4:00pm. Payments can also be made on any court night. We accept cash, personal check, money order, certified check and Visa, Mastercard and Discover.
If you wish to enter a plea of not guilty on any parking violation, you must appear in court on the return date indicated on your summons.
| Fine Schedule for Parking Violations: | |
| Parked Handicapped without Permit | $200.00 |
| Commercial Vehicle Parked Overnight | $100.00 |
| Parked in Fire Lane or Zone | $ 75.00 |
| Double Parking/Parked in Traffic Lane | $ 75.00 |
| Blocking the Intersection | $ 75.00 |
| Fire Hydrant | $ 75.00 |
| Unattended Motor Vehicle | $ 75.00 |
| Parked in crosswalk | $ 50.00 |
| Registration/Inspection Violations | $ 50.00 |
| Parked on Sidewalk/In Front of Driveway | $ 35.00 |
| Parking on Closed Street | $ 25.00 |
| Loading Zone | $ 25.00 |
| Restricted Parking During Snow Removal | $ 25.00 |
| Overtime Parking | $ 15.00 |
| Expired Meter Street/Lot | $ 15.00 |
| Restricted Parking Tues 6PM - Wed 6PM | $ 15.00 |
| Restricted Parking 3AM-7AM; 7PM-7AM | $ 15.00 |
| 8AM-9AM; 9AM-10AM; 10AM-11AM | $ 15.00 |
| All other Parking and Standing Violations | $ 20.00 |
Instructions for Moving Violations:
You may plead guilty by mail to all traffic infractions. To do so, check the fine schedule for the violation you are charged with to determine the amount of your fine. Mail the following items to Village of Great Neck Plaza-Justice Court, 2 Gussack Plaza, Great Neck, NY 11021.
- Your check or money order made payable to Village of Great Neck Plaza-Justice Court
- Your traffic ticket with Part "A" completed and signed on the reverse side of the ticket.
You may plead not guilty by mail to all traffic infractions. To do so, complete and sign Part "B" on the reverse side of the traffic ticket and mail it to Village of Great Neck Plaza-Justice Court, 2 Gussack Plaza, Great Neck, NY 11021. Upon receipt, the Court will notify you by mail of the date, time and place of your conference and/or trial at which you must personally appear.
You may personally appear in Court and plead either guilty or not guilty. If you decide to appear personally, you must do so on the return date of at the time specified on the front of the ticket. If you are pleading not guilty, your case will not be heard that night. You have the right when appearing personally and pleading guilty to make an explanation before the Judge.
You have the right to consult with an attorney.
Fine Schedule for Moving Violations:
The fines scheduled include the mandatory surcharge of $85.00,
imposed by New York State law where applicable.
Speeding
|
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| Passed stopped school bus | $ 335.00 | ||||||||||
| Uninsured vehicle | $ 285.00 | ||||||||||
| Passed red light | $ 235.00 | ||||||||||
| Unlicensed Operator | $ 205.00 | ||||||||||
| Passed stop sign | $ 205.00 | ||||||||||
| Following too close | $ 205.00 | ||||||||||
| Failed to yield to pedestrian | $ 205.00 | ||||||||||
| Blocking intersection | $ 205.00 | ||||||||||
| Illegal turn | $ 205.00 | ||||||||||
| Child no Seatbelt | $ 185.00 | ||||||||||
| Cell phone | $ 185.00 | ||||||||||
| Failure to signal | $ 185.00 | ||||||||||
| No seatbelt | $ 135.00 | ||||||||||
| No Plates | $ 135.00 | ||||||||||
| All equipment violations | $ 135.00 | ||||||||||
| Unregistered/Uninspected vehicle | $ 135.00 | ||||||||||
Where a different fine is mandated by a provision of law, the fine schedule shall have no application. The Court has the right to reject any gully plea by mail and reserves the right to order you to appear personally and to levy a different fine than that set forth above. If the fine is not listed above for the violation you are charged with please contact the Court.
