Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that additional COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in New York State will suspend operations on Sunday, Feb. 7 due to the approaching winter storm. This follows the previously announced suspensions of operations at the state’s mass vaccination centers in Jones Beach and Stony Brook. New Yorkers with testing or vaccination appointments at these locations will be notified of these suspensions via text message and phone. Appointments will be postponed to later in the week.
“Much of Downstate New York is expected to experience heavy snow and high winds, which could create dangerous travel conditions on Sunday. As we have already done at several state-run mass vaccination sites, we will be conducting operations at test sites and in suspend community-based ‘pop-up’ vaccination sites to protect the safety of all those who work and have appointments in these locations, ” Governor Cuomo said. “Anyone with an appointment can rest assured that they will not lose their spot – all appointments will be rescheduled later in the week and everyone will be notified of these schedule changes immediately.”
State run COVID-19 test sites
Operations at the following state-run COVID-19 test sites will be suspended on February 7 due to the approaching winter storm:
- Glen Island in New Rochelle;
- Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens;
- Bronx Bay Plaza in the Bronx;
- Lehman College in the Bronx;
- Jones Beach on Long Island;
- Stony Brook on Long Island;
- Seaview Avenue on Staten Island; and
- Fountain Avenue in Brooklyn.
New Yorkers with an appointment on Sunday, February 7 will be notified by text and phone. Appointments will be postponed to later in the week.
Community based ‘pop-up’ vaccination sites
Seven community-based ‘pop-up’ vaccination sites will also be delayed due to the storm and moved later in the week. Those eight sites include:
- Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 W 138th New York, NY 10030
- BronxWorks, 1130 Grand Concourse, BX, 10456
- Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, 1376 Prospect Ave, Bronx, NY 10459
- Castle Hill Houses, 625 Castle Hill Ave, The Bronx, NY 10473
- Marble Hill Houses, 5365 Broadway, Bronx, NY 10463
- First Baptist Church of Corona, 100-10 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, NY 11369
- United Revival Mennonite Church, 390 Melrose St, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Appointments on these community-based ‘pop-up’ vaccination sites are scheduled directly with the host site or partner providers SOMOS Community Care and Northwell Health. These entities will inform the New Yorkers of the agreements scheduled on Sunday, February 7 about this postponement and the new operation data via text message and telephone.
In addition, the Christian Cultural Center site is canceling activities on Sundays because they could extend opening hours and keep all appointments on Saturday.
State-run mass vaccination sites
As Gov. Cuomo previously announced, the state-run mass vaccination sites at Jones Beach and Stony Brook on Long Island will also suspend operations on Sunday, Feb. 7 due to winter weather. New Yorkers with appointments on these sites will receive an email or text to reschedule their vaccinations for later this week. As part of the rescheduling process and to the extent possible, the timing of new appointments will be scheduled according to the original arrangement. If that new appointment time doesn’t work for a person given the change in day, they will be given a contact number to identify another time that might work better for the person.
Operations at the Westchester County Center, Yankee Stadium, Javits Center, and Aqueduct Racetrack mass vaccination sites will continue as planned as those sites are located indoors and have the infrastructure and equipment to ensure that New Yorkers can safely enter the site with appointments and leave. Operations at the state’s remaining mass vaccination centers throughout Upstate New York also remain unaffected.