NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Two new COVID-19 vaccination sites in New York City and one in Yonkers will officially open within the next two weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.
New community-based sites at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn and York College in Queens will start vaccinating eligible New Yorkers on Wednesday, Feb. 24, Cuomo said in a press release.
A site at the New York National Guard Armory in Yonkers, meanwhile, will open its doors on March 3, the governor said.
Eligible residents who live in the following ZIP codes can start scheduling appointments at the Brooklyn and Queens sites at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20 by signing up on 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).
Brooklyn: Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Hours: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. beginning Feb. 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 a.m. - 8 p.m. beginning Feb. 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
Eligible Yonkers and Mount Vernon residents (see below) will be able to start scheduling appointments at the Yonkers site at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, Cuomo said.
Yonkers and Mount Vernon: New York National Guard Amory
2 Quincy Place
Yonkers, NY
Eligible Zip Codes: 10705, 10701, 10550, 10553, 10704, 10703, 10552
After a week, the sites will expand eligibility to residents of their entire respective counties and boroughs, the release noted.
“COVID created low tide in America, and all the ugliness, structural racism, injustice and disparity lurking beneath the surface was exposed,” Cuomo said in a statement.
“With the opening of these sites, we will be making a dramatic impact on some of our hardest-hit communities to further bolster the work we’re doing on the ground to get shots in arms,” he added.