Rockland County, New York Traffic and Local Courts

Chestnut Ridge Village Court

           Chestnut Ridge Village Court is in Rockland County New York 

It is small village which sits on the southern edge of Rockland county, bordering New Jersey.  Most tickets and violations here are from traffic on the Garden State Parkway extension, which is the last leg (or first leg) of the Garden State Parkway as it feeds in and out of the New York State Thruway.  Most tickets are issued by the New York State Police who sit on the median on the Garden State Parkway near the last (or first if traveling south) exists.  

There is a traffic prosecutor who handles prosecution of NYSP issued tickets.  The traffic ticket calendar is often joined with the small claims court calendar.

Chestnut Ridge was incorporated in 1986 and thus became a village official that year. Prior to that year, Chestnut Ridge was an considered an  unincorporated area within the Town of Ramapo, and as such it was often referred to as "South Spring Valley" (for fire district purposes).  To this day, it shares a zip code with Spring Valley, Namely, 10977.