Construction Accident Lawyers in Brooklyn

Construction sites pose innumerable dangers to workers. However, accidents typically fall into four categories. Per OSHA, the top four are as follows:

• Falls: Such as a fall from ladder or scaffold or through an opening.
• Caught In-Between: Such as being crushed by equipment.
• Struck-By: Such as a falling object/debris.
• Electrocution.

Many employers will have you believe that workers’ compensation is the only means through which you can recover compensation following a construction accident. This is not true. Workers’ comp limits your recovery to medical bills, disability and lost income. However, our team can help you identify other liable parties and file a third-party lawsuit for the following types of damages:

• Rehabilitation
• PTSD
• Pain and suffering
• Emotional duress
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Loss of consortium (if you lost a loved one in a construction accident)

Just as there are things you can do to strengthen your case, there are things you can do — or not do — to hurt your case. Below are the top four:

• Not reporting your accident to your supervisor
• Not seeking medical attention
• Not reporting to and filing a claim with workers’ compensation
• Not seeking the representation of an experienced New York personal injury lawyer

Your account of events and medical report can go a long way toward establishing negligence.

Things to Do and See In Brooklyn

• Kingston–Throop Avenues (IND Fulton Street Line) (near Fulton Street and Throop Avenue): A local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Fulton Street between Kingston and Throop Avenues in Weeksville, Brooklyn.
• Brooklyn Children’s Museum (near Saint MaFounded in 1899, it is the first museum in the United States – and according to some, the first one worldwide – that caters specifically to children.
• Our Lady of Victory Church (Brooklyn, New York) (near MacDonough Street and Throop Avenue): A Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.
• Interfaith Medical Center (near Atlantic Avenue and Albany Avenue): A full-service non-profit community hospital that has 287 beds and serves more than 11,000 inpatients each year.
• Alhambra Apartments (near Nostrand Avenue and Macon Street): An architecturally notable apartment building located on Nostrand Avenue in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The building was designed by Montrose Morris and built by developer Louis F. Seitz in 1889-90.
• Capitoline Grounds (near Hancock Street and Nostrand Avenue):  Also known as Capitoline Skating Lake and Base Ball Ground, was a baseball park located in Brooklyn, New York from 1864 to 1880.
• Fulton Park (near Fulton Street and Schenectady Avenue): A park in New York named after Robert Fulton best known for launching the first commercially successful steamboat.
• Kingston Avenue (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) (near Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue): A local station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway.
• 770 Eastern Parkway (near Eastern Parkway South Mall and Kingston Avenue): The street address of the central headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, located on Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
• Franklin Avenue – Fulton Street (New York City Subway) (near Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue): A station complex shared by the BMT Franklin Avenue Line and the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway.
• Jewish Children’s Museum (near Eastern Parkway Service Road and Kingston Avenue): The largest Jewish-themed children’s museum in the United States. It aims for children of all faiths and backgrounds to gain a positive perspective and awareness of the Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding.

Nearby Airports

• John F. Kennedy International Airport
• Newark Liberty International Airport
• LaGuardia Airport
• Teterboro Airport
• Linden Airport

Roads

• Fulton Street (Manhattan)
• Flatbush Avenue
• Interstate 278
• Fulton Street (Brooklyn)
• Nostrand Avenue
• New York State Route 878
• Atlantic Avenue (New York City)
• Kings Highway (Brooklyn)
• Bay Parkway (Brooklyn)
• Pennsylvania Avenue
• Interstate 78 in New York
• 34th Street (Manhattan)
• Linden Boulevard
• Coney Island Avenue
• New York State Route 27
• Belt Parkway
• Jackie Robinson Parkway
• 86th Street (Manhattan)
• Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn)
• Greenpoint and Roosevelt Avenues
• Utica Avenue

Nearby Rail Stations

• Nostrand Avenue station (LIRR)
• Jamaica Station (AirTrain) which is on 93-43 Sutphin Boulevard, New York.
• Federal Circle Station
• Newark Terminal C
• Essex Street
• Exchange Place
• Harborside Light Rail Station
• Marin Boulevard
• Harsimus Cove Light Rail Station

Nearby Schools

• Alexander Hamilton High School (Brooklyn)
• Pathways in Technology Early College High School
• Paul Robeson High School for Business and Technology
• Girls’ High School
• Boys High School (Brooklyn)
• Boys and Girls High School
• Brooklyn Waldorf School
• Rohr Jewish Learning Institute

Nearby Towns and Suburbs

• Brownsville is 1 mile to the south-east.
• Bushwick is 1 mile to the north-east.
• Flatbush is 1 mile to the south-west.
• Park Slope is 2 miles to the west.
• Ridgewood is 2 miles to the north-east.
• Williamsburg is 2 miles to the north.
• Cypress Hills is 2 miles to the east.
• Brooklyn Heights is 2 miles to the north-west.
• Greenpoint is 3 miles to the north.
• Canarsie is 3 miles to the south-east.
• East New York is 3 miles to the east.
• Glendale is 3 miles to the north-east.
• Maspeth is 3 miles to the north-east.
• Chinatown is 3 miles to the north-west.
• Flatlands is 3 miles to the south.
• New York City is 4 miles to the north-west.