Drop-In Testing Site Opens, and Another Is On Its Way
Testing Site in BP’s Northern Manhattan Office Opened Wednesday.
By Carol Tannenhauser
Newly sworn-in Manhattan Borough President (MBP) Mark Levine has opened a free COVID testing site in his Northern Manhattan Office at 431 West 125th Street, between Morningside and Amsterdam Avenues. The site will be open Mondays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering drop-in PCR tests, masks, and sanitizer. BP Levine is partnering with SOMOS Community Care, a healthcare network of nearly 2,500 providers in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.
We’re up and running with our free PCR testing site at my Northern Manhattan office.
No appt needed, very little wait time. Come on by, and spread the word! 431 W125th St. Thanks to @SOMOSCare for partnering. https://t.co/ASOf8ivAgH pic.twitter.com/xpxejMvuGV
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) January 5, 2022
And another pop-up city-run spot is opening soon on 64th:
🚨#COVID PCR & Rapid Testing
I wrote to the City w/ @galeabrewer requesting a test site on the #WestSide to help beat #omicron 🦠
On 1/8 & 1/9, from 9 am to 6 pm the City will have a testing site at NYCHA’s Bennerson Playground on W.64 St. b/w Amsterdam & WEA#GetTested
— Linda B. Rosenthal “the #OriginalRosenthal” (@LindaBRosenthal) January 4, 2022
Grand news! The more testing sites the better, particularly in underserved communities.
It would be very helpful if someone would make a comprehensive list of test sites with the following information:
Location
Hours
Tests performed
Fees
Nice to hove:
time to get results
average wait time to get tested
To start you off, I just found a site on Broadway corner 96th
open 7 days per week 11:30 AM – 7:00 Pm, no charge, 3-5 days to get results, no wait to get tested
If you don’t mind paying and don’t want to stand in line, I paid $65 to get an Rapid Test with results in 19 minutes on my phone, at New Amsterdam Drug Mart, on Amsterdam between 93 & 94.
Of course I would have preferred NOT to pay, but needed to know immediately for a v/o job I had coming up. And I would assume it would be tax deductible, at least.
I got tested there and never got the result, despite two phone calls to the lab and one to the pharmacy. Fortunately I didn’t need the result, as it turned out. I would recommend going somewhere else if the test result matters.
You can get same day rapid test results – usually an hour – at the LabQ pop ups at 72nd and Broadway by Grey’s Papaya and on 86th Between Broadway and Amsterdam. No need to pay.
I took PCR test from RapidQ at 71/Bway 10 days ago, no results so far….
Lab Q does not do rapid tests, only PCR.
Informative interview on Rapid Testing, Tuesday on Brian Lehrer.
https://www.wnyc.org/story/the-brian-lehrer-show-2022-01-04
The first segment is approximately half hour long.
The PCR test stays positive long after you’ve stopped being infectious.
Getting results from a test site in 3-5 days makes them useless. I’m still waiting to get results from a test I took at a LabworQ site on 12/23. There has to be more oversite of these sites!
Agreed. I checked in at CityMD west 104 at 3 pm.
That made me #62 in the queue. Three hours later I’m now #32. Which means I’ll get poked in the nose around 9 pm…?
All so I can wait 5+ days for a result.
Useless theater.
Walked by two testing sites west side of
Broadway south of 86th. No lines at all
If those tents are LabWorq, read this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nycCoronavirus/comments/rwx0qv/labworq_swabbers_are_not_allowed_to_take_bathroom/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
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