NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — On Friday, the NYC Test and Trace Corps announced that 14 of the city’s cultural sites and 27 branches of The New York Public Library, Queens Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library will be given at-home COVID test kits to distribute free of charge to New Yorkers with distribution beginning Monday, Feb. 14.
“Distributing at-home tests at cultural sites and libraries provides familiar, prominent locations for people to pick up the resources they need to know if they have COVID-19 and to return to the beloved destinations that make our city so special. I am grateful for our cultural and library partnerships and excited to see them lead New York City safely forward,” said Dr. Ted Long, Executive Director of the NYC Test & Trace Corps and Senior Vice President of Ambulatory Care and Population Health at NYC Health + Hospitals.
The cultural institutions and libraries stock of tests will be updated with weekly deliveries from the Test & Trace and will be limited to one per person while supplies last.
Availability of tests will be updated daily on the Test & Trace website with the hours and pick-up locations.
Cultural Sites
Bronx
Bronx Museum of the Arts
-Tuesdays, 1 to 4 p.m.
Wave Hill
-Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
-Monday – Saturday, 12 to 4 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum
-Wednesday – Friday, 12 to 4 p.m.
Weeksville Heritage Center
-Tuesday – Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Manhattan
American Museum of Natural History
-Wednesday – Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
El Museo del Barrio
-Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Museum of the City of New York
-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Queens
Flushing Town Hall
-Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 12 to 5 p.m,
Queens Botanical Garden
-Tuesday – Friday, 12 to 4 p.m.
Queens Theatre
-Tuesday – Friday, 12 to 4 p.m.
Staten Island
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
-Monday – Friday, 2 to 3 p.m.
Staten Island Children’s Museum
-Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m.
Staten Island Zoo
-Monday – Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Public Library
Tests can be picked up at the following libraries Tuesday and Thursday between 2 and 6 p.m., except at Central Library/Civic Commons, noted below.
-Brownsville Library
-Central Library/Civic Commons: Mon and Wed 1 to 7 p.m. and Friday 1 to 5 p.m.
-Crown Heights Library
-Flatbush Library
-Mill Basin Library
-New Utrecht Library
-Red Hook Library
The New York Public Library, serving the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island
Tests can be picked up at the following libraries Monday – Friday between 12 and 4 p.m.
Bronx
-Bronx Library Center
-Parkchester Library
-Sedgwick Library
-West Farms Library
Manhattan
-Andrew Heiskell Library
-Countee Cullen Library
-Washington Heights Library
-Seward Park Library
Staten Island
-Mariners Harbor Library
-Richmondtown Library
Queens Public Library
Tests can be picked up at the following libraries Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday from 1 to 5 p.m., and Thursday from 12 to 7 p.m., except at Central Library, noted below. Some branches, noted with a * below, offer additional pick-up hours Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
-Central Library Monday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday 12 to 4 p.m. starting March 6
-Arverne Library*
-East Elmhurst Library*
-Far Rockaway Library
-Kew Gardens Hills Library* Additional pick-up Sunday 12 to 4 p.m. starting March 6
-Long Island City Library*
-McGoldrick Library
-Peninsula Library*
-Rego Park Library*
-Richmond Hill Library*