COVID Vaccine In New York: Walk-In Appointments Offered To All New Yorkers Over 50 At City-Run Sites

COVID Vaccine In New York: Walk-In Appointments Offered To All New Yorkers Over 50 At City-Run Sites

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Starting Saturday, all New Yorkers over age 50 will be allowed to go to any city-run COVID vaccination site for a walk-in appointment.

Walk-in appointments were previously only available for New Yorkers over age 75.

The mayor’s office says this policy also applies to city-run pop-up sites.

COVID VACCINE

• New York State book online here or call 1-833-NYS-4-VAX
• New York City book online here or call 877-VAX-4NYC
• Track NYC vaccinations by zip code
• Nassau County more info here
• Suffolk County more info here
• Westchester County more info here
• New Jersey book online here or call 1-855-568-0545
• Connecticut book online here

“Our priority for the next few months is clear: we need to vaccinate as many New Yorkers as possible,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a release. “By making it easier for New Yorkers 50 and older to get vaccinated, we are on our way to fully vaccinating 5 million New Yorkers by June.”

Walk-in appointments will be available at the following sites:

BRONX

• Bronx Co-Op City Dreiser Community Center
• Northeast Bronx YMCA (Edenwald)
• South Bronx Educational Campus
• West Bronx Gymnasium
• Lehman College – Apex Center
• Bathgate Contract Postal Station

BROOKLYN

• Coney Island YMCA
• Teachers Prep High School
• Starrett City
• Flatbush YMCA
• Bushwick Educational Campus
• Event Space at City Point
• Brooklyn Army Terminal

MANHATTAN

• Ford Foundation
• NFL Experience Times Square
• Yeshiva University
• City College
• Essex Crossing
• Abyssinian Baptist Church
• Fulton Senior Community Center / Hudson Guild

QUEENS

• Modell’s – Queens Center Mall
• Korean Community Services
• Beach Channel Educational Campus
• Long Island City Vaccine Site (Plaxall)
• Queens Public Library – Flushing Library
• Queens Public Library – Ozone Park

STATEN ISLAND

• Former Babies R Us – Staten Island Mall
• Citi Field
• Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
• Empire Outlets
• St. Thomas St. Joseph’s School

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April 17, 2021 at 05:57AM