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Legal Aid and Legal Services

New York City is home to two big legal services providers offering free representation to low income clients in both civil and criminal cases: the Legal Aid Society and the Legal Services Corporation.

A boro-by-boro listing of Legal Aid and Legal Services offices in New York City follows.

The Legal Aid Society

As with law school legal clinics, client access to the Legal Aid Society is restricted. The demand for free legal representation can exceed the supply of Legal Aid lawyers. Prospective Legal Aid clients must meet strict financial eligibility guidelines, and may spend time on a waiting list before a lawyer can be assigned. URL: http://www.legal-aid.org/. URL for the Legal Aid Support Unit: http://www.legalsupport.org/.

Citywide Legal Aid Programs:

The Consumer Law Program

The Civil Appeals and Law Reform Unit

The Homeless Rights Project

The Immigration Unit

All citywide Legal Aid programs are at:
90 Church Street
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-577-3300

Bronx County

Criminal Defense Division: Bronx
1020 Grand Concourse
Bronx, N.Y. 10451
(718)-579-3000

Juvenile Rights Division: Bronx
900 Sheridan Ave. Rm 6-C12
Bronx, N.Y. 10451
(718)-579-7900

Bronx Neighborhood Offices
953 Southern Blvd.
Bronx, N.Y. 10459
(718)-991-4600
URL: www.legal-aid.org
-Service Area: All of the Bronx

Legal Aid Society:
Bronx Courthouse Office
1118 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10456
(718) 681-8712
URL: www.legal-aid.org

Bronx Neighborhood
Housing Court Office

851 Grand Concourse
Bronx, N.Y. 10451
(718)-681-8712/13
-Service Area: All of the Bronx

Kings County (Brooklyn)

Civil Division: Brooklyn

Brooklyn Neighborhood Office
166 Montague Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
(718)-722-3100
URL: www.legal-aid.org
-Service Area: All of Brooklyn

Brooklyn Neighborhood
Housing Court Office

141 Livingston Street - Mezzanine Level
Brooklyn , N.Y. 11201
(718)-643-6613

Brooklyn Office for the Aging
111 Livingston Street, 7th Flr
Brooklyn, NY 11229
(718) 645-31111
URL: www.legal-aid.org
-Service Area: all of Brooklyn (must be 60+ to qualify)

Family Law Unit
166 Montague Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
(718)-722-3100

Health Law Project
166 Montague Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 422-2777
URL: www.legal-aid.org

Homeless Rights Project
166 Montague Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 722-3100
URL: www.legal-aid.org

Immigration Law Unit
166 Montague Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 722-3100
URL: www.legal-aid.org

Criminal Defense Division:
Brooklyn

111 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
(718)-522-0673

Federal Defender Division:
Brooklyn

Eastern District of NY
16 Court Street 3rd Flr
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11241
(718)-330-1200

Juvenile Rights Division:
Brooklyn

Kings County:
111 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201

New York County (Manhattan)

Lower Manhattan
Neighborhood Office

166 Montague Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 722-3100
URL: www.legal-aid.org
Intake Hotline: 1-888-218-6947
-Service Area: Lower Eastside and Westside to 24th Street
-Open first three Mondays of each month from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Manhattan Housing Court Project
111 Centre Street, #106
New York, NY 10013
(212) 766-2450
URL: www.legal-aid.org

Harlem Neighborhood Office
2090 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.
New York, NY 10027
(212) 633-3293
URL: www.legal-aid.org
-Service Area: Lexington Ave to Riverside Drive &
W. 100th Street to 169th Street

Volunteer Division/
Community Law Office

230 East 106th Street
New York, N.Y. 10029
(212)-426-3000
URL: www.legal-aid.org
-Service Area: Upper Manhattan, Eastside
above 96th Street and Westside above 110th Street

Criminal Defense Division:
Manhattan

New York County
49 Thomas Street
New York, N.Y. 10013
(212)-732-5000

Special Litigation Unit
90 Church Street
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-577-3300

Prisoner's Rights Project
111 Livingston Street, 7th Flr
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 260-475790

Parole Revocation Defense Unit
90 Church Street
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-577-3300

Capital Defense Unit
90 Church Street
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-577-3300

Federal Defender Division
Southern District of New York

52 Duane Street 10th Flr
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-417-8700

Federal Appeals Division
52 Duane Street 10th Flr
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-417-8742

Juvenile Rights Division:
Manhattan

New York County Family Court
60 Lafayette Street, Rm 9A
New York, N.Y. 10013
(212)-312-2260

Appeals Bureau
Special Litigation Unit
90 Church Street
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-577-3300

Queens County

Civil Division: Queens

Consumer Law/
Bankruptcy Unit
120-46 Queens Blvd.
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
(718) 286-2450
URL: www.legal-aid.org

Rockaway
Neighborhood Office

1600 Central Ave., 1st Flr
Far Rockaway, NY
Far Rockaway, N.Y. 11691
(718)-337-4900

Queens
Neighborhood Office

120-46 Queens Blvd. 2nd Flr
Kew Gardens, N.Y. 11415
(718)-286-2450
URL: www.legal-aid.org
-Service Area: All of Queens

Queens Neighborhood
Courthouse Office

89-17 Sutphin Blvd., Rm 160
Jamaica, NY 11435
(718) 739-6272
URL: www.legal-aid.org

Criminal Defense Division:
Queens
120-46 Queens Blvd.
Kew Gardens, N.Y. 11415
(718)-286-2000

Juvenile Rights Division:
Queens
90-04 161st Street Rm 402
Jamaica, N.Y. 11432
(718)-298-8900

Richmond County

Civil Division:
Staten Island

State Island
Neighborhood Office

60 Bay Street
Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
(718)-273-6677
URL: www.legal-aid.org
-Service Area: All of Staten Island

Juvenile Rights Division:
Staten Island
60 Bay Street
Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
(718)-981-0219

The New York Legal Services Corporation

New York's "other Legal Aid." As with the Legal Aid Society, prospective clients of the Legal Services Corporation must be financially eligible, and may spend time on a waiting list before an attorney is assigned.

Legal Services Corporation
Central Office
350 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10013
(212) 431-7200
URL: www.legalsupport.org

Bronx County

Bronx Legal Services -
North Bronx Office
2605 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10468
(718) 220-0030
URL: www.bronxlegalservices.org

Bronx Legal Services -
South Bronx Office
579 Courtlandt Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
(718) 993-6250
URL: www.bronxlegalservices.org

Kings County (Brooklyn)

Bedford-Stuyvesant
Community Legal Services

1368-90 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11216
(718)-636-1155
Fax: 398-6414

Brooklyn Legal Services
Corporation A - Bushwick
1455 Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
(718) 326-1300
URL: www.hivlegalnyc.org

Brooklyn Legal Services
Corporation A - Williamsburg

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A
256-260 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718)-782-6195
Fax: (718)-487-2300

Williamsburg Outreach Office
32 Penn Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 643-0830
URL: www.lsnybb.org

Brooklyn Legal Services
(East New York)

80 Jamaica Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207
(718)-487-1300; (718) 345-6207
Fax: 342-1780

Brooklyn Legal Services
Corporation B (South Brooklyn)
105 Court Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
(718) 237-5500
Fax: (718) 855-0733
URL: www.sbls.org/index.htm

Legal Services Brighton Office
3049 Brighton 6th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11235
(718)-934-2989;
Fax: 858-1786
URL:www.lsnybb.org

Legal Services
Brooklyn Branch

186 Jorelemon Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
(718)-852-8888
Fax: 858-1786
URL: www.lsnybb.org

New York County (Manhattan)

Harlem Legal Services
55 West 125th Street
New York, N.Y. 10027
(212)-348-7449

Legal Services for the Elderly
130 West 42nd Street, 17th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10036
(212)-391-0120;
Fax: (212)-719-1939

MFY Legal Services
299 Broadway 4th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10007
(212)-431-7200
Fax: (212)-417-3890
URL: www.mfy.org

MFY Uptown
759 10th Avenue
New York City, N.Y. 10019
(212)-581-2810

MFY Downtown
35 Avenue "A"
New York City, N.Y. 10009
(212)-475-8000

MFY LES
223 Grand Street
New York, N.Y. 10013
(212)-966-7410

Queens County

Queens Legal Services
(Long Island City)

42-15 Crescent Street
Long Island City, N.Y. 11101
(718)-392-5646
Fax: 937-5350

Queens Legal Services
(Jamaica)

89-00 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, N.Y. 11435
(718)-657-8611
Fax: 526-5051

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