No seat for you!
A Manhattan diner made famous by TV’s “Seinfeld’’ is being sued by a wheelchair-bound woman for not being handicapped-accessible.
Carolyn Coleman, 68, says in her lawsuit filed Friday that she’s no fan of Tom’s Restaurant — a Morningside Heights eatery whose outside was used to depict the show’s fictitious “Monk’s Cafe’’ — because it has too many “barriers.’’
Coleman, who lives on West 143rd Street, told The Post that she wants to use the restaurant “because it’s near my doctors’’ at St. Luke’s Hospital but “can’t because there’s no way I can get inside or maneuver.”
Coleman has been wheelchair-bound since 1996 after suffering injuries from a car accident and an assault, according to her Manhattan Federal Court suit.
She’s seeking more than $30,000 in damages and a court order that would force Tom’s to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Manuel Papas, a manager at Tom’s, admitted to The Post on Friday, “We no have access for handicapped.
“But we have tables outside, though, that they can use. It’s not a problem in the summertime,’’ he said.
When asked if Tom’s planned to remodel to provide handicap-access, Papas replied, “Maybe. Someday.”
Coleman’s suit targets both the Greek diner, which is on Broadway at 112th Street, as well as landlord Columbia University.
The document cites 42 alleged ADA violations there.
Among the alleged violations is a front entrance inaccessible for people relying on scooters and wheelchairs and no room for the handicapped to maneuver throughout the restaurant’s interior, its bathrooms and outdoor-seating section.