diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.java
index f96063b2495..55fe455bdfa 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.java
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ public class Converter {
 
   @NotNull
   public static Element elementToElement(PsiElement e) {
+    if (e == null)
+      return Element.EMPTY_ELEMENT;
     final ElementVisitor elementVisitor = new ElementVisitor();
     e.accept(elementVisitor);
     System.out.println(e.getClass());
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/Element.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/Element.java
index 013d70f05b4..5675438b63b 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/Element.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/Element.java
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
 /**
  * @author ignatov
  */
 public abstract class Element extends Node {
+  public static Element EMPTY_ELEMENT = new EmptyElement();
+
+  /**
+   * @author ignatov
+   */
+  private static class EmptyElement extends Element {
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public String toKotlin() {
+      return EMPTY;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/EmptyElement.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/EmptyElement.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b68afe22f9..00000000000
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/EmptyElement.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast;
-
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
-/**
- * @author ignatov
- */
-public class EmptyElement extends Element {
-  @NotNull
-  @Override
-  public String toKotlin() {
-    return EMPTY;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ElementVisitor.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ElementVisitor.java
index 51816c245a3..16918a38527 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ElementVisitor.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ElementVisitor.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import static org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.Converter.*;
  * @author ignatov
  */
 public class ElementVisitor extends JavaElementVisitor implements Visitor {
-  private Element myResult = new EmptyElement();
+  private Element myResult = Element.EMPTY_ELEMENT;
 
   @NotNull
   @Override
diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.java b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.java
index 5262efacdc8..13fc4e8a84c 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/visitors/ExpressionVisitor.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.ast.*;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import static org.jetbrains.jet.j2k.Converter.*;
 
 /**
@@ -171,13 +173,20 @@ public class ExpressionVisitor extends StatementVisitor implements Visitor {
 
     if (expression.getArrayInitializer() != null) // new Foo[] {}
       myResult = expressionToExpression(expression.getArrayInitializer());
-    else {
+    else if (expression.getArrayDimensions().length > 0) { // new Foo[5]
+      final List<Expression> callExpression = expressionsToExpressionList(expression.getArrayDimensions());
+      callExpression.add(new IdentifierImpl("{null}")); // TODO: remove
+
+      myResult = new NewClassExpression(
+        typeToType(expression.getType()), // TODO: remove
+        new ExpressionList(callExpression)
+      );
+    } else {
       myResult = new NewClassExpression(
         elementToElement(expression.getClassOrAnonymousClassReference()),
         elementToElement(expression.getArgumentList())
       );
     }
-
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/test/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/ArrayTypeTest.java b/test/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/ArrayTypeTest.java
index eed80e25e26..04b50fe1dc9 100644
--- a/test/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/ArrayTypeTest.java
+++ b/test/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/ast/ArrayTypeTest.java
@@ -41,4 +41,25 @@ public class ArrayTypeTest extends JetTestCaseBase {
       "fun fromArrayToCollection(a : Array<Foo?>?) : Unit { }"
     );
   }
+
+  public void testArrayInitializationStatement() throws Exception {
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      statementToSingleLineKotlin("int [][] d2 = new int[][]{};"),
+      "var d2 : Array<IntArray?>? = array()" // more precisely: "var d2 : Array<IntArray?>? = array<IntArray?>()"
+    );
+  }
+
+  public void testArrayInitializationStatementWithDimension() throws Exception {
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+      statementToSingleLineKotlin("int [][] d2 = new int[5][];"),
+      "var d2 : Array<IntArray?>? = Array<IntArray?>?(5, {null})" // another variant: "var d2 : Array<IntArray?>? = array(5, {null, null, null, null, null})"
+    );
+  }
+
+//  public void testArrayInitializationStatementWithThreeDimension() throws Exception {
+//    Assert.assertEquals(
+//      statementToSingleLineKotlin("int[][][] d3= new int[5][5][5];"),
+//      "var d3 : Array<Array<IntArray?>?>? = Array<Array<IntArray?>?>?()"
+//    );
+//  }
 }