New COVID-19 testing sites opened on Long Island Tuesday to ease the surge
in demand at urgent care facilities.
Park in Roslyn and Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.
These sites offer self-administered PCR tests and are by appointment
only. If you are interested in scheduling an appointment, follow this link.
Dr. Matthew Harris, the medical director of the Northwell Health vaccine
program, says results should be expected within the next day. Harris also says the Roslyn site is equipped to
help 500 people, while the Riverhead can help 350. He says the sites will have
the ability to ramp up capacity if it is needed.
News 12 was told about 175 people have driven through the Roslyn site as of
12 p.m. Tuesday.
Long Islanders who are hoping to get tested have other options as well to
avoid going to urgent care facilities. A community
testing location in New Hyde Park has been opened on-and-off since the pandemic
started at a Northwell Health building on 1 Marcus Ave. In
addition, a community testing site was set up at the former Babies R Us
in Bohemia two weeks ago.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced that three community-based testing sites will open over the next few days.
These sites are:
Hecksher State Park, Field 8
Opens Wednesday, Dec. 29
1 Heckscher State Parkway
East Islip
Runs every Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.
Testing Capacity: Up 1,000 tests a day
Red Creek Park
Opens Monday, Jan. 3
102 Old Riverhead Road
Hampton Bays
Open for school-required testing and community testing
Open on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Testing Capacity: Up to 500 tests per day
Cathedral Pines County Park
Opens Tuesday, Jan. 4
116 Yaphank Middle Island Road
Middle Island
Open on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Testing Capacity: Up to 500 tests per day
Gov.
Kathy Hochul also announced two new state-run sites set to open on Long Island
Wednesday.
One
location is in Nassau County at Kennedy Memorial Park on Greenwich Street in
Hempstead. The other location is in Suffolk County at the IBEW Local 25 on
Motor Parkway in Hauppauge.
The
new sites come after long lines have been seen at urgent care locations for
their COVID-19 testing services.