Grand Central, Times Square Subway To Give COVID Tests, Boosters

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Two heavily used Midtown subway stations will soon host pop-up sites giving out free COVID-19 tests and vaccine booster shots, officials announced today, aiming to get a handle on the growing omicron wave.

The Times Square-42nd Street station began giving out the Moderna booster shot today, along with the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Av/74 St. station in Queens. Both sites are walk-up, with no appointments needed.

They will be joined next week by Grand Central Terminal, at which point all three sites will also start performing free PCR tests for the virus, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday.

Here are the details for all three sites:

Times Square-42nd Street:

• Vaccine booster site: now open, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Dec. 31 (closed Christmas Day)
• Testing: starting Monday, Dec. 27, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (closed New Year's Day)

Grand Central Terminal:

• Vaccine booster site: starting Monday, Dec. 27 through Dec. 30, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• Testing: starting Monday, Dec. 27, from 3 a.m. to 8 p.m. (closed New Year's Day)

Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Av/74 St.:

• Vaccine booster site: open until Thursday, Dec. 23, 3-8 p.m.

"We are working to make testing as widely available and accessible as possible for New Yorkers," Hochul said in a statement.

"These new walk-in testing opportunities at our MTA subway stations will provide greater testing access and support our efforts to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe during this winter surge."