What you should know
- The NYC Test & Trace Corps is distributing free COVID-19 home test kits to New Yorkers at 14 iconic cultural sites across the city and 27 branches of the New York Public Library, Queens Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library .
- Weekly walk-in distributions of these kits began Monday as an additional measure to mitigate the ongoing pandemic.
- These tests will be given in order of arrival.
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NEW YORK — The NYC Test & Trace Corps is distributing free home COVID-19 test kits to New Yorkers at 14 iconic cultural sites around the city and 27 branches of the New York Public Library, the Queens Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library.
Weekly walk-in distributions of these kits began Monday as an additional measure to mitigate the ongoing pandemic. These tests will be given in order of arrival.
“Our mission remains to make testing resources accessible to all New Yorkers to safely and reliably manage the pandemic,” said Dr. Ted Long, executive director of the NYC Test & Trace Corps and senior vice president of ambulatory care and population health at NYC Health + Hospitals, said in a statement.
“Distributing home tests at cultural sites and libraries provides familiar and prominent places for people to get the resources they need to find out if they have COVID-19 and return to the beloved destinations that make our city so special,” Long said. .
Participating cultural sites and library branches and their distribution hours are:
CULTURAL SITES
THE BRONX
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: los martes de 1 a 4 p.m.
- Wave Hill: Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BROOKLYN
- Brooklyn Children’s Museum: de lunes a sábado de 12 a 4 p.m.
- Brooklyn Museum: Wed-Fri 12-4pm
- Weeksville Heritage Center: Tuesday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
MANHATTAN
- American Museum of Natural History: miércoles a doming de 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- El Museo del Barrio: Friday from 11 am to 3 pm
- The Museum of the City of New York: jueves de 10 a.m. a 4 p.m.
QUEENS
- Flushing Town Hall: Wed-Fri 12-5pm,
- Queens Botanical Garden: Tue-Fri 12-4pm
- Queens Theatre: Tue-Fri 12-4pm
STATEN ISLAND
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden: lunes a viernes de 2 a 3 p.m.
- Staten Island Children’s Museum: Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m.
- Staten Island Zoo: lunes a domingo de 10:30 a.m. a 3:30 p.m.
LIBRARIES
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Tests can be picked up at the following libraries on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 2 and 6 p.m., except the Central Library/Civic Commons:
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY — SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF THE BRONX, MANHATTAN, AND STATEN ISLAND
Tests can be picked up at the following libraries Monday through Friday between 12 and 4 pm
- the bronx
- Bronx Library Center
- Parkchester Library
- Sedgwick Library
- West Farms Library
- Manhattan
- Andrew Heiskell Library
- Countee Cullen Library
- Washington Heights Library
- Seward Park Library
- Staten Island
- Mariners Harbor Library
- Richmondtown Library
QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Tests can be picked up at the following libraries on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am to 5pm, Tuesday from 1pm to 5pm and Thursday from 12pm to 7pm, except at the Central Library. (Some branches, indicated with a *, offer additional pick-up times on Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm)
- Central Library Monday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday 12 noon to 4 p.m. beginning March 6
- Arverne Library*
- East Elmhurst Library*
- Far Rockaway Library
- Kew Gardens Hills Library* additional pick up time is Sunday 12-4pm beginning March 6
- Long Island City Library*
- McGoldrick Library
- Peninsula Library*
- Rego Park Library*
- Richmond Hill Library*
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