COVID Testing In Washington Heights, Inwood: Here Are 9 Locations

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — It is no secret that COVID-19 is surging once again in New York and New York City.

The state has broken its new positive COVID case count record three days in a row, with another 22,478 New Yorkers testing positive on Sunday — 12,404 of which who live in New York City.

Dozens of reports and first-person accounts have detailed the long lines waiting for COVID tests, or the difficulty of simply finding a place in an NYC neighborhood where you can get tested.

The jump in COVID cases comes just before millions of people in New York City planned to travel for the holidays, which is creating an even bigger jump in people looking for tests.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday morning that eight new major testing sites would be opening across the city over the next two days and that free at-home testing kits will be sent out to "high volume" areas this week.

Between Dec. 11 and Dec. 17, 489 residents in Washington Heights and Inwood tested positive for the virus, according to the city. It is a positivity rate in Upper Manhattan of 5.9 percent.

Here are the testing sites open in Washington Heights and Inwood. The list does not specify if the local sites have rapid PCR tests, but call the numbers, google search the location, or use the links to confirm beforehand if you need rapid.

If you know of other testing locations in Washington Heights or Inwood, please add them to the comment section below, and Patch will update the list.

Testing Sites in Inwood + Washington Heights

• Compton Eye Associates: 4738 Broadway (Near Thayer Street)
• Assembly Member Carmen De La Rosa's Office: 210 Sherman Avenue
• MedRite Urgent Care (212-235-1633): 177 Dyckman Street
• CityMD Urgent Care - West 181st Street (646-346-7922): 617-625 West 181st Street
• SOMOS Carmen Garcia MD (212-795-8369): 452 Fort Washington Ave (Between 180th and 181st Streets)
• Quisqueya Playground: 2405 Amsterdam Avenue (Between West 180th and 179th Streets)
• Highbridge Park Rec Center: 2301 Amsterdam Avenue (West 173rd Street)
• Quest Diagnostics (917-521-0370): 4071 Broadway (Between West 171st and 172nd Streets)
• COVID Express at Washington Heights (866-692-3641): 600 West 168th Street)

Nearby Sites

• CityMD Urgent Care - West 146th (212-271-4364): 3556 Broadway
• ZIPCARE - St. Nicholas Ave (212-879-6000): 752 St. Nicholas Ave (Between West 148th and 149th Streets)