NYC NEW COVID-19 Vaccine Hubs Opening Up in Brooklyn & Queens Targeting Local Residents
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the opening dates and scheduling information for the six community-based vaccination sites being established through a partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
These sites will be open for vaccination beginning February 24 with reservations allowed beginning on February 20.
Eligible New Yorkers can begin scheduling appointments for the Brooklyn and Queens sites at 8 a.m. on Saturday, February 20 by utilizing New York’s ‘Am I Eligible‘ website or by calling the state’s COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline at 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829).
For the first week these sites will be open ONLY to those residing in the provided zip codes. Thereafter, they’ll be open to those living within the respective borough.
Brooklyn:
Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Hours: 8 am – 8pm beginning February 24
Eligible Zip Codes: 11206, 11221, 11216, 11238, 11225, 11213, 11233, 11207, 11208, 11236, 11212, 11203, 11226, 11210
Queens:
York College
94-20 Guy R Brewer Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11451
Hours: 8 am – 8pm beginning February 24
Eligible Zip Codes: 11418, 11419, 11420, 11430, 11435, 11436, 11439, 11432, 11433, 11434, 11423, 11412, 11413, 11427, 11428, 11429, 11411, 11422, 11691, 11692, 11693
Hopefully this will be the needed step in the right direction. That is, allowing only those living within the immediate areas of the most hardest hit communities to have a first chance at receiving the vaccine; unlike other past scenarios wherein people of distant locations were traveling to other neighborhoods for their COVID-19 shots.