New York City Criminal Court Arraignment Entrance

Manhattan Arraignment Information

New York County (Manhattan) Arraignments are held on the first floor of the New York County Criminal Courthouse in downtown Manhattan. A small number of arraignments are also held in the Midtown Community Court in Midtown Manhattan.

This page contains some of the basic information about the location, driving directions, and operating hours for New York County Arraignments.

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New York County Arraignments

Location

New York (Manhattan) Criminal Court Arraignments are held in the New York Criminal Court building located at 100 Centre Street.

The Manhattan Criminal Court building at 100 Centre Street is one block from Worth Street near Leonard Street and Franklin Street.

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A small number of Manhattan Arraignments are also held at Midtown Community Court located at 314 W 54th Street. Most cases are heard at 100 Centre Street.

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Directions

Google now offers a wonderful tool for public transportation directions in New York City. Click here to have Google customize directions to 100 Centre Street for you. The destination of 100 Centre Street will be preloaded for you. Just add your starting address and have Google map out your public transportation directions. If you would prefer to drive, just adjust the drop down box to provide directions for CAR instead of PUBLIC TRANSIT.

Public transportation to 100 Centre Street:

For the court location at 100 Centre Street, take the No. 4 or 5 train to the Brooklyn Bridge Station; the No. 6 train, the N, R or C train to Canal Street; the No. 1 train to Franklin Street; or the No. 1, 6 and 15 bus lines which are nearby.

By car:

Car is considerably inconvenient and possibly an expensive means to get to Manhattan criminal court, unless you are going during evening sessions when traffic and street parking are not a major problem. During the day, public transit is probably your best bet unless you are prepared to pay substantial parking fees.

Manhattan Arraignment Hours

Monday through Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.

Manhattan Criminal Court has abandoned the long running practice of staffing arraignments 24 hours a day from Thursday through Sunday. The Lobster Shift, as it was called informally, has been discontinued.