Three village courts share one courtroom in Hewlett. Which one has your ticket?
This is the first thing to establish, and it is not obvious. The courtroom at Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue in Hewlett, is used by three separate village courts: Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Neck, and Woodsburgh. Same room, same building, three distinct courts with three distinct jurisdictions. Your summons is answerable to exactly one of them, and the court is named on the face of the ticket. Read it before you do anything else, then get the charge reviewed.
Hewlett Bay Park Village Court
Address: Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, NY 11557
Phone: (516) 295-1400
Fax: (516) 295-1406
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Village Justice: Stephanie Kaufman
Associate Village Justice: Michael Farbenblum
Village Prosecutor: Michael Beer
Court Clerk: Karen Quintavalle
Shared courtroom: This courtroom is also used by the Hewlett Neck Village Court and the Woodsburgh Village Court
Jurisdiction: Vehicle and Traffic Law violations occurring within Hewlett Bay Park, plus local village code matters
Because three courts share the facility, confirm both your court and your session date. Arriving at the right building on the wrong evening is a genuine risk here in a way it is not elsewhere.
Why a Shared Courtroom Trips People Up
The address on your paperwork will look right no matter which of the three villages issued your ticket. That is precisely the problem. Drivers see 30 Piermont Avenue, recognize it, and assume the logistics are settled.
But a clerk for one village court cannot enter a plea in another village’s case. A session held for Woodsburgh does not hear Hewlett Bay Park matters. If you send a plea to the wrong court, or appear on a night your court is not sitting, your summons remains unanswered while the return date passes. New York courts notify the DMV when that happens, and that notification can lead to the suspension of your driving privileges.
None of this is exotic or hidden. It simply requires reading the court name rather than the street address, which is the opposite of what most people do.
Policing in the Hewlett Villages
Hewlett Bay Park does not maintain its own police department. The village is patrolled by the Nassau County Police Department, whose Fourth Precinct is based in Hewlett at (516) 573-6400 and covers the south shore communities across the Five Towns and beyond, including Hewlett, Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Neck, Hewlett Harbor, Woodsburgh, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, East Rockaway, Inwood, Island Park, Atlantic Beach, Oceanside, Lido Beach, and Point Lookout.
So a county precinct writes the ticket and a village court hears it. That combination is common in Nassau and generally works in a driver’s favor, because a village court’s small calendar allows a case to be discussed rather than processed at volume.
Hewlett Bay Park itself is a small, affluent residential village of curving streets and large lots, with Piermont Avenue and the connections toward Broadway and Peninsula Boulevard carrying most of the traffic. The charges are the usual ones: speeding under VTL section 1180, traffic control device violations under section 1110(a), and handheld phone and texting under sections 1225-c and 1225-d.
What Follows a Conviction
Points attach on conviction, not on payment of the fine, and the two are the same event: paying is pleading guilty. Speeding is scored from three to eleven points depending on recorded speed, a traffic control device violation is two, handheld phone use and texting are five each.
Six points inside eighteen months triggers a Driver Responsibility Assessment billed annually for three years. Eleven exposes your license to suspension. Your insurer reads the conviction at every renewal for years afterward, which is usually the largest cost of the three.
How We Handle Hewlett Bay Park Cases
The Law Offices of Isaac Abraham appears in village courts throughout Nassau County, including all three courts that share the Piermont Avenue courtroom. We confirm which court holds your case before anything else, because in this building that question has a real answer that is easy to get wrong.
From there we review the summons against your driving abstract and identify what is realistically achievable. For most traffic infractions we appear on your behalf, which also eliminates any chance of your turning up on another village’s night.
New York drivers have left us over 2,000 five-star reviews. The review is free and we will tell you honestly what your ticket is worth.
Frequently Asked Questions
Three courts use the same courtroom. How do I know which one is mine?
The court is named on the face of your summons. Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Neck, and Woodsburgh each operate a separate village court in the shared courtroom at 30 Piermont Avenue. The address will not tell you which; the ticket will.
Can I just deal with it at Village Hall since they are all in one place?
No. Each court is a separate legal entity with its own clerk and its own calendar. A clerk cannot accept a plea in another village’s case, and appearing on a night your court is not in session does not answer your summons.
Which police department patrols Hewlett Bay Park?
The Nassau County Police Department. Its Fourth Precinct, based in Hewlett, covers the Five Towns and surrounding south shore communities. Tickets it writes inside Hewlett Bay Park are answered in the village court.
Is a county-issued ticket handled differently in a village court?
It is heard on a much smaller calendar than a county traffic agency would give it, which generally means more room to discuss the charge. That advantage only helps if the person handling it knows what to ask for.
What will a free case review tell me?
Which of the three courts has your case, what you were actually charged with, what a conviction would cost, and what outcome is realistic. No fee, no obligation. Call or text 646-397-9529.
Free Case Review
If your summons names Hewlett Bay Park Village Court, confirm the court and get the charge reviewed. Call or text 646-397-9529, or use the form on this page, at no cost.