Bronx Parking Lot Injury Attorney
Last updated on June 16, 2025
Parking lots and garages throughout the Bronx present numerous hazards that can lead to serious injuries for unsuspecting visitors. Owners of parking lots and garages in New York must maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition.
At MJP Injury Law, Michael James Prisco, Esq., we understand that parking lot injuries can happen in an instant but create lasting consequences for victims and their families. Our lead attorney, Michael J. Prisco, has extensive experience holding negligent property owners accountable for injuries that occur on their premises, and is committed to fighting for the compensation our clients deserve while they focus on recovery.
The Responsibility Of Parking Lot Owners
Parking lot accidents happen due to various unsafe conditions, each presenting unique legal challenges. Slip-and-fall accidents often result from accumulations of snow or ice or improperly painted curbs or pedestrian ramps. Trip-and-fall accidents are often the result of cracked pavement, potholes, inadequate lighting, or debris left on walking or parking lot surfaces. Negligent security cases arise when property owners fail to provide adequate lighting, security cameras or patrol services in areas with known criminal activity. Poor maintenance issues include broken handrails, defective elevators, malfunctioning gates and structural defects that create dangerous conditions for visitors.
Under New York law, parking lot and garage owners have a non-delegable duty to maintain reasonably safe conditions for visitors using their facilities. This legal obligation means property owners cannot avoid responsibility by claiming another party created or maintained the hazardous condition that caused your injury. The duty also requires the parking lot or garage owner to fix unsafe conditions and to warn about hidden dangers. Thus, property owners must exercise reasonable care to inspect their premises, identify potential hazards and take appropriate action to remedy dangerous conditions or warn visitors of risks.
If a parking lot owner breaches either of these duties and that breach causes injury, you may file a negligence claim to recover damages.
New York’s comparative negligence laws also allow injured parties to recover damages even if they contributed partially to their own injury, with compensation reduced proportionally based on their degree of fault.
The Bronx contains numerous large parking facilities where injuries commonly occur due to high traffic volumes and complex layouts. Major parking locations throughout the borough include:
- Bronx Terminal Market Parking serves the large retail complex and experiences heavy pedestrian traffic throughout operating hours
- Mall at Bay Plaza provides parking for one of the Bronx’s largest shopping destinations with multiple levels and extensive surface areas
- Baychester Shopping Plaza offers parking for various retail establishments and restaurants in a busy commercial district
- O&A Parking Garage operates multiple locations throughout the Bronx serving both daily and monthly customers
Retail parking lots typically present different liability issues than parking garages designed for monthly or daily parking, as the level of maintenance and security expectations may vary based on the facility type and customer usage patterns.
Our legal team brings decades of combined experience to every parking lot injury case. We conduct thorough investigations to identify all potentially liable parties and work with reconstruction specialists to document dangerous conditions.
Holding Garage Owners And Parking Lot Owners Responsible For Parking Lot Falls
Proving liability in parking lot injury cases requires demonstrating that parking lot or garage owner failed to meet their duty of care to visitors. We must establish that:
- A dangerous condition existed, and,
- That the parking lot owner either created the dangerous condition or knew about or should have known about the dangerous condition and failed to fix it or warn of its existence.
You can prove a parking lot owner should have known about a dangerous condition (Constructive Notice) by providing proof that the condition was visible and apparent and existed for a sufficient length of time before your accident so as to provide the parking lot owner a reasonable amount of time to discover and fix the condition.
Under New York law, a condition is considered unreasonably dangerous if it is more than trivial—that is, more than a minor or insignificant defect. There is no “minimal dimension test” or per se rule that a defect must be of a certain minimum height or depth to be actionable. This is because a small difference in height or other physically insignificant defect is actionable if its intrinsic characteristics or the surrounding circumstances magnify the dangers it poses, so that it unreasonably imperils the safety of a pedestrian. To determine if a condition is a dangerous one, New York Courts will look to all the facts of a particular case, including the width, depth, elevation, irregularity, and appearance of the defect along with the time, place, and circumstance of the injury.
At MJP Injury Law, we have developed strategies to specifically provide the proof needed for parking lot accident claims, including the use of Google-Map photographs to prove the injury causing condition was dangerous and existed before your accident and for such a length of time that the parking lot owner should have discovered and fixed the condition.
We also retain top quality expert engineers in the appropriate cases to measure and test the injury causing condition to help prove how it formed and that it presented a dangerous condition under New York law.
Other key evidence in these cases includes surveillance footage showing how the accident occurred, maintenance records demonstrating knowledge of dangerous conditions, weather reports for slip-and-fall cases involving ice or snow and witness testimony describing the scene. We also examine whether property owners followed industry standards for lighting, security and maintenance in their particular type of facility.
Successful parking lot injury claims can result in compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, rehabilitation costs and permanent disability benefits. When injuries result in death, surviving family members may pursue wrongful death claims for funeral expenses, loss of financial support and the emotional impact of losing a loved one.
Our investigation process begins immediately after we accept your case, as evidence can disappear quickly and witness memories fade over time. We work with medical professionals to document the full extent of your injuries and with economic specialists to calculate the long-term financial impact of your accident.
Get The Legal Help You Deserve
Do not let negligent parking lot owners avoid responsibility for your injuries. Talk to an attorney today at 718-557-9693 or through our online contact form for a free consultation to discuss your parking lot injury case and learn how we can help you pursue the compensation you deserve.