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Covid vaccine news: All New Yorkers eligible, City Point opens vaccination site and how to get an appointment

All New Yorkers over 30 are eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine as of Tuesday 3/30 and City Point Center in Downtown Brooklyn is opening a vaccination hub on 4/1. Find out how and where to make an appointment below:

TELEPHONE HOTLINES

• NY *STATE* Vaccine Hubs 833-697-4829

• NY *CITY* Vaccine Hubs 877-829-4692 (24 hour service)

🔔 Tip: Call multiple times a day, throughout the day and definitely in off hours (very early and very late).

NEW YORK GOVERNMENT VACCINATION WEBSITES

1) New York *STATE* (“Am I Eligible?”) – New York STATE’S vaccine scheduling site.

https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/

💡 VIDEO: How to find an available time slot at a State-run MEGA Vaccine Hub (Javits, Aqueduct, Westchester, etc): https://youtu.be/zKlbwFQRBJA

💡 Written “HOW-TO” Guide for the State-run MEGA Vaccine Hubs: https://imgur.com/a/dGXSwM0

🔔 Tip: Appointments seem to become available every 2 minutes at :02’s usually (i.e. 1:02pm, 1:12pm, 1:22pm, etc). And a bigger ‘dump’ of available appointments at the :30 and :00 mark. But they are taken extremely quick. So if you see an available appointment … *DON’T* look at the date/time, first just grab it as quickly as you can … once you reach the screen to enter your contact info, you can review the appointment date/time in peace.

2) New York CITY COVID-19 Vaccine Hubs – New York CITY’S vaccine scheduling site.

https://vax4nyc.nyc.gov/patient/s/

🔔 Tip: A lot of appointments are often added at and after midnight (i.e. some exactly at 12:01am, and usually some more between 12am – 2am), as well as earlier hours of the morning (5am – 7am). The more often you can check, the greater your chances.

NYC HOSPITAL & HEALTHCARE FACILITIES VACCINATION WEBSITES

1) NYC Health + Hospitals

https://covid19.nychealthandhospitals.org/UnaffiliatedHea…

🔔 Tip: A lot of appointments are often added at and after midnight (i.e. between 12:01am – 12:05am, and usually some more between 12am – 2am), as well as earlier hours of the morning (5am – 7am). The more often you can check, the greater your chances.

2) NY Presbyterian – Weill Cornell / Columbia

https://vaccinetogetherny.org/Pages/default.aspx

3) Northwell Health

https://www.northwell.edu/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine

4) Mt. Sinai

https://www.mountsinai.org/…/vaccine-information/schedule

5) NYU Langone

https://nyulangone.org/locations/covid-19-vaccine

6) Hospital for Special Surgery

https://www.hss.edu/covid-vaccine-community.asp

7) Montefiore

https://covid19.montefiore.org/home

8 ) The Institute for Family Health

https://mychart.institute.org/mychart/openscheduling…

9) Associated Physicians (LOGIN INFO IS ON THE PAGE)

https://www.apschedule.com/schedule/authentication/login

PHARMACY WEBSITES

1) CVS 833-239-5122

https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/covid-19-vaccine#statetool

2) Walgreens

https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19

3) Rite Aid

https://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/apt-scheduler

4) Kinney Drugs

https://www.kinneydrugs.com/…/vaccination-scheduling/ny/

5) Top Value Pharmacy

https://resilhealth.com/topvaluepharmacy

6) Joseph Pharmacy

https://www.josephspharmacy.com/

7) City Chemist – Long Island City

https://www.city-chemist.com/long-island-city-1

8 ) Stop & Shop

https://stopandshopsched.rxtouch.com/…/Patient/Advisory

9) Kings Specialty Pharmacy

https://www.kingsrx.com/vaccine/

🔔 Tip: A lot of appointments are often added at and after midnight (i.e. some exactly at 12:01am, and usually some more between 12am – 2am), as well as earlier hours of the morning (5am – 7am). The more often you can check, the greater your chances.

AGGREGATE / AUTOMATED VACCINE FINDER WEBSITES

1) NYC COVID-19 Vaccine Finder – Find the closest vaccination location near you (this is a location finder, with links available to make appointments for each location. It does not indicate availability)

https://vaccinefinder.nyc.gov/

2) NYC Vaccine List – A site that aggregates NYC vaccine availability from a number of scheduling sites.

https://nycvaccinelist.com/area/Brooklyn

*PLEASE NOTE THIS SITE ONLY SHOWS 1ST DOSE AVAILABILITIES. IT IS NOT CURRENTLY AWARE OF 2ND DOSE AVAILABILITIES.

3) TurboVax – A site that shows the latest vaccine appointments from 42 city and state-run administration sites in the NYC area. Hit refresh every 30 seconds.

https://www.turbovax.info/

🔔 Tip: Follow @TurboVax on Twitter and enable “All Notifications”. https://twitter.com/turbovax?lang=en

4) Resil Health – A simple web based scheduling application for pharmacies, physician offices, county health centers, urgent care centers and all other healthcare providers

https://resilhealth.com/covid19vaccine

VACCINATION STAND-BY / WAITLIST

1) Dr. B – This is a standby list that connects patients needing the COVID-19 vaccine with healthcare providers needing to administer vaccines before they expire. Patients should first attempt to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine directly with healthcare providers as those may be available earlier. Dr. B. is an independent public benefit corporation.

https://hidrb.com/

2) Vaccination Standby List – Their goal is to reduce COVID vaccine waste and misinformation of leftovers, and allow as many people as possible to take advantage of any leftover doses.

https://vaxstandby.com/

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