Broadway Junction To Open For COVID Testing With Pop-Up Site

BROOKLYN, NY — Brooklyn's Broadway Junction is one of five subway stops that will set up pop-up coronavirus testing sites this week, according to the MTA.

The transit hub, which was also used to distribute vaccines this year, will offer free coronavirus testing to all travelers starting Thursday, Dec. 30 as city and state officials respond to record-breaking testing demand amid a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant.

“The recent COVID surge means we need to maximize the number of testing locations, including within the mass transit system” said MTA Acting Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “Thanks to Governor Hochul, all agencies of government are joining forces to ensure that New Yorkers can get a vaccine, a booster, or a test quickly, and conveniently.”

The Broadway Junction pop-up is one of five across the city that will open Thursday.

They will join testing sites at Times Square-42nd Street station and Grand Central Terminal that opened earlier this week.

The walk-in test sites will be offered seven days a week, with testing funded by the state. No appointment is required for the tests. Anyone, including visitors, may get a COVID test at one of these sites, according to the MTA.

Here are the hours for the five new sites, including at Broadway Junction:

• Penn Station (Manhattan) Monday – Sunday, 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Broadway Junction (Brooklyn) Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
• E. 180th St (Bronx) Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
• Roosevelt Ave (Queens) Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
• Jamaica–179th St (Queens) Monday – Friday, 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.