In 1958, founder Frederick M. Wittenstein opened our office on Utica Avenue in Brooklyn. The firm expanded to Queens in 1985 with its beautiful new offices in historic Forest Hills. Now a fixture in the community, we help people that have been injured in a wide variety of ways. Like all personal injury lawyers in Queens, we can represent you for a car accident or slip and fall, getting you the highest possible settlement or verdict while providing you with astounding customer service throughout the process. We go the extra miles for all our clients, even the small cases, because we want to tell your family and friends what a great job we did. That’s the secret our success.
We are a well-established Queens injury lawyers, dedicated to serving the needs of our clients by getting the highest amount of compensation possible, holding their hand every step of the way. We’ve collected millions of dollars, for thousands of people, for over 60 years. The grandchildren of our original clients come to us when they get hurt because they know we can turn their lemons into lemonade and they’ll walk away with a smile of their face. We handle cases in New York City (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Island,) Nassau County, Long Island and Westchester. If you are unable to come to our office in Forest Hills, we will come to your home or to the hospital for an initial consultation. If you have an actionable case, we can get started on it right away. Leave the legal work to us so you can focus on your health. Call 718-261-8114 for a FREE CONSULTATION with Queens Injury Lawyers or CLICK HERE.
At Queens Injury Lawyers Wittenstein & Wittenstein we work on a contingency fee retainer. This means that if we accept your case, you don’t have to pay us a dime until the case is either settled or a verdict is rendered. If we are not able to collect anything, you owe us nothing. We will help you get your medical bills paid, collect your lost earnings and out-of-pocket expenses. We will investigate, collect evidence and aggressively prosecute your case. We will always be available by phone and e-mail and will answer your questions and address your concerns promptly. This is the level of service our clients expect, and that’s why we’ve been in business for more than 60 years. For more information on Queens Injury Lawyers CONTINGENCY FEES. For a FREE CONSULTATION call 718-261-8114 or CLICK HERE.
At Queens Injury Lawyers, Wittenstein & Wittenstein maintains it’s reputation as one of New York City’s Top Personal Injury Law Firms by achieving outstanding settlements and verdicts, combined with providing the best customer service in town. We bend over backward to make sure that our cases are prepared for settlement or trial with the utmost care. It is also extremely important to us that every single one of our clients is informed about their case every step of the way. For more information about the firm CLICK HERE.
The Accident Was Minor. The Injury Was Not. Why Low-Impact Car Crashes Still Cause Serious Harm
People tend to describe car accidents using the language of property damage. The car wasn’t totaled. The bumper barely dented. The airbags didn’t deploy. Everyone walked away. And yet, weeks later, the pain arrives. This disconnect—between what a crash looked like and what it did—is one of the most common and most misunderstood issues in New York car accident cases. It is also one of the most aggressively exploited by insurance companies. In Queens, where traffic is dense, speeds are inconsistent, and collisions often occur in close quarters, many crashes fall into the category insurers like to call “minor impact.” The phrase sounds scientific. It isn’t. It’s a financial label, not a medical one. [...]
Who is Responsible for Self-Driving Car Accidents in NYC?
Yes, Waymo is currently testing up to eight driverless vehicles in parts of Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn, having received permits from the NYC Department of Transportation and the State DMV in August 2025. This is a limited pilot program, and these vehicles are operating with a trained safety specialist behind the wheel. There is no public, paid driverless taxi service available to New Yorkers yet, as this is a preliminary testing phase. That said, driverless vehicles will soon be driving around Queens, so it’s important to understand the legal aspects of this rollout. This article provides some guidelines, but it’s always important to speak to an experienced Queens car accident attorney as soon [...]
Car Accident Lawyers in Queens – Helping People Harmed by Others
Queens Car Accident Lawyers knows how to help victims of many types of negligence. Negligence is “failure to use reasonable care, resulting in damage or injury to another.” This can be anything from hitting somebody in the rear with their car to failing to provide proper lighting in a staircase. Negligence is a fancy way to say “failure to use common sense.” If you are hurt because of somebody’s bad judgment, distraction or poor choices, you are a victim of negligence. Negligence lawyers are also known as Personal Injury Lawyers and Car Accident Lawyers Queens. Negligence Lawyers in Queens, we not only know a whole lot about negligence and how to handle these cases, [...]
3 Top Secrets of Accident Attorneys
You can’t go anywhere these days without seeing giant billboards from Big Box law firms promising “millions of dollars” if you sign up with them. What they don’t want to you to know is that you would never want to trade places with their million-dollar clients whose lives are tragic and nobody would want to be in their shoes. Here’s the truth about accident cases that most Queens car accident attorney don’t want you to know. Policy Limits Reduce Most Settlements Unless you’re suing Elon Musk, the insurance policy limits are all you can collect in most cases. In New York, the minimum policy for passenger cars is $25,000 per person and $50,000 [...]
What Big Box Law Firms Don’t Tell You
Everywhere you look giant lawyer billboards are shouting about how many millions of dollars they’ve collected. These megalithic firms employ armies of fast-talking guys in cheap suits who promise you a huge amount for signing on the dotted line. After they reel you in, you don’t get to speak to an attorney or even a paralegal as you’re relegated to contact with a case manager. They don’t tell you that they don’t care about your case because they work cases like an assembly line, and don’t give any particular case the personal attention that’s needed to get the highest possible settlement or verdict. The good news is that the best accident attorney in [...]
How do you Prove Negligence in a Slip and Fall Case?
Slip and fall accidents can occur unexpectedly and lead to significant injuries, whether on sidewalks, in commercial properties, or at private clubs or residences. In Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and across New York City victims injured in slip & fall accidents can collect compensation if they can prove that the injury was due to someone’s negligence. This negligence could be either causing or failing to correct a hazardous condition. In this blog, we will explain what victims should do in such a scenario and how we at Wittenstein & Wittenstein can help you get the highest possible compensation for slip-and-fall accidents in Queens, Brooklyn and across NYC. We have more than six decades of [...]
How to Choose the Best Personal Injury Lawyer in NYC
New York City is one of the biggest, busiest, and most iconic cities in the world. Millions of people call the Big Apple home, and millions more visit every year. With all those people come crowds, gridlock, and countless possible accidents. Whether you’re a tourist, business visitor, or a resident of New York, you might need to find a local attorney if you are injured in a truck, bike, bus, or car accident. Choosing the right personal injury lawyer in NYC (Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island and Manhattan) can be challenging, especially if you’re dealing with the stress of an accident. An experienced Brooklyn and Queens car accident attorney can make a big [...]
How Policy Limits Impact Accident Claims
You’d be hard-pressed to drive anywhere in town without encountering billboards with Queens car attorneys, and other personal injury lawyers in NYC, boasting about their multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts. This advertising is intended to not only give people the impression that you can get big money for minor injuries but also that having a big injury means you’ll collect astronomical sums. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. The harsh reality is that even if you sustain injuries, you’re almost always limited to collecting the full policy limits of the applicable insurance. New York Insurance Law In New York state you are required to carry a minimum of $25,000/$50,000 of liability insurance in order [...]
Queens is the largest borough in New York City, and it’s not Archie Bunker land anymore. Did you know that there are more languages spoken in Queens than anyplace else on Earth? Half of the borough’s population is now foreign-born, and this diversity flavors Queens with the widest variety of ethnic restaurants in the City.
There are many famous musicians born in Queens, including Louis Armstrong, whose home is now a museum. Dizzie Gillespie, Glen Miller, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Hinton, Fats Waller, John Coltrane and Miles Davis all hail from Queens. More recently, rap artists Marley Marl, Run DMC, LL Cool J, Mc Shan, Chuck D, Salt N Pepa, Onyx, 50 Cent, Nick Minaj and many others emerged from Queens. And let’s not forget that Harry Houdini is buried in Queens.
Queens is also home to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge teaming with over 300 species of birds, as well as reptiles, small mammals, amphibians and over 50 species of butterflies. Don’t miss the horseshoe crabs making their way onshore in early Spring. If nature’s not your thing, there’s MOMA’s branch PS1, with groundbreaking exhibits and events. A former dumping ground became Socrates Sculpture Park, a local favorite with large-scale sculptures, performances and outdoor film screenings.
Queens is also famous for being the birthplace of religious freedom in the United States. When Peter Stuyvesant enforced a 1656 law prohibiting “illegal” religious meetings, 30 brave men organized a protest in Flushing to stand up for religious freedom. The protesters were harshly punished, but did succeed in bringing the issue to light, and paving the way towards religious freedom in America.