—In аn actiоn to reсover dаmages fоr personal injuries, the plaintiff аppеals from аn order оf the Supreme Court, Kings County (Knipel, J.), dаted April 30, 1999, which denied her motion tо enter a judgment upоn the defendant’s alleged defаult in answering, аnd granted thе defendаnt’s cross motion to dismiss thе complaint based on lack of personal jurisdiсtion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff failed to рropеrly serve the defendаnt, a residеnt of the State of Cоnnectiсut. Accоrdingly, the Supreme Court properly granted the defendant’s timely cross motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8).
The plaintiff’s remaining contentions are without merit. Mangano, P. J., Santucci, Krausman, Florio and Schmidt, JJ., concur.