NEW YORK — Unvaccinated commuters will soon be able to get their COVID-19 vaccine shots at two subway stations in the Bronx and Brooklyn, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday.
Pop-up vaccination sites will open inside the East 180th Street subway station in the Van Nest section of the Bronx and the Broadway Junction station at the border of Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York on Wednesday, Sept. 29, Hochul said in a press release.
Both stations are in neighborhoods where COVID-19 vaccination rates “remain low,” the release said.
The MTA has been offering the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine at pop-up sites across the city since May, the release noted. As of Sunday, 34,345 people had gotten their shots at the agency’s sites.
“More people are returning to the workplace in-person, and with the increase in ridership across the MTA system, we have a great opportunity to reach even more people with pop-up sites at station stops,” Hochul said in a statement.
“If you still need to get your shot and are passing by one of these stations, you can just walk in to get the single-dose vaccine and then be on your way,” she added.
Anyone who gets vaccinated at one of the two pop-up sites will be eligible to receive a free seven-day MetroCard, or a round-trip LIRR or Metro-North ticket, the release said.
The East 180th Street site will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Broadway Junction site, meanwhile, will be open between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.
“Increasing vaccination rates is vital to ensuring New York’s recovery stays on track,” MTA Acting Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said in a statement.
“We are back to carrying 3 million people a day on subways,” Lieber added. “By positioning pop-up sites at two of the busier stations in the system, we are bringing the vaccine right to New Yorkers who otherwise might not have been able to take time off to get the vaccine.”
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