Sunday, January 9, 2022

COVID-19: NEW MOBILE TESTING SITE IN KENSINGTON

 
Update, February 21st: The H+H mobile testing site at the Bangladesh Muslim Center, 108 Cortelyou Road (between McDonald Avenue and E. 2nd Street), will be open every day from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., from Tuesday, February 22nd, through Sunday, February 27th. PCR and Rapid Antigen Testing are offered.
 
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Update, February 13th: An H+H mobile testing site will be open at the Bangladesh Muslim Center, 108 Cortelyou Road (between McDonald Avenue and E. 2nd Street), every day from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., from Monday, February 14th, through Sunday, February 20th, offering PCR and Rapid Antigen Testing.

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Update, February 7th: The 118 Beverley Road site is no longer open.

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Update, January 30th: H+H's mobile testing site at 118 Beverley Road will remain open for an additional week, from Monday, January 31st, through Sunday, February 6th.

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Service Alert, January 28th: Due to the snow storm, all NYC Health + Hospitals COVID19 testing and vaccination services will be closed on Saturday, January 29th. 
 
In addition, all NYC Test and Trace locations will suspend service at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 28th, and remain closed through Saturday, January 29th.
 
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Update, January 23rd:  H+H's mobile testing site at 118 Beverley Road will remain open for an additional week, from Monday, January 24th, through Sunday, January 30th. 
 
A listing of all of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation's mobile sites in Brooklyn is posted at  https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/covid-19-testing-sites/#brooklyn-mobile.

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Update, January 18th: Today, the H+H van is in front of Yummy Taco, 129 Church Avenue, corner of E. 2nd Street. The parking space it had been using by 118 Beverley Road was occupied again.

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Update, January 17th: Today, the H+H van is on E. 3rd Street, between Church Avenue and Beverley Road, alongside Korner Pizza. A food truck is parked in the space by 118 Beverley Road that the van has been using.

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Update, January 16th: The H+H testing site at 118 Beverley Road will remain open for an additional week, from Monday, January 17th, through Sunday, January 23rd. https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/covid-19-testing-sites/#brooklyn-mobile

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A new mobile New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYC H + H) COVID-19 testing site will be set up in a van in Kensington in front of the Greater Noakhali Society at 118 Beverley Road, between McDonald Avenue and E. 2nd Street, near Kensington Plaza (map), thanks to Councilmember Shahana Hanif, the newly-elected New York City Councilmember for District 39.
 
The site will be open from Monday, January 10th, through Sunday, January 16th, from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. PCR and rapid antigen tests will both be available for people four years old and above.

Testing at NYC H+H) sites is walk-in only; no appointment is needed.
 
Councilmember Hanif reports that this NYC H+H site has the potential to become permanent. Whether or not it will return and be made permanent depends on how many people get tested there this week.
 
In her announcement, Councilmember Hanif says 
"Big thank you to Laura Atlas for working with me to secure a site! And deep gratitude to brother Zahid Mintu from the Noakhali Society (where the van will be stationed) for his cooperation in our efforts to increase PUBLIC testing in the neighborhood!"
This NYC H+H Beverley Road site is in addition to the NYC H+H Fort Hamilton Test Center at 4002 Fort Hamilton Parkway, between 40th and 41st streets (map). That one is open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Rapid Molecular Testing is available there.

All patients at NYC H+H sites are tested on a first-come, first-served basis. But, for your convenience, they do offer you the ability to pre-register for your visit to some sites, including the Fort Hamilton Test Center. 
 
To pre-register, follow the steps at https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/covid-19-testing-sites/#brooklyn-mobile and let them know when you plan to arrive. They'll then e-mail instructions to you to pre-register. Doing that will streamline your check-in process when you arrive.