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Sexual Health Clinics

Service Updates

From March 25 to 27, the Corona Sexual Health Clinic will expand clinic hours to 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On these dates, the clinic will provide sexually transmitted infection testing services only from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

On Monday, March 18 all Sexual Health Clinics will provide Express testing services only. Clinics will resume normal services at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 19. Express testing is testing for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis for people who have no symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection.

Sexual Health Clinics are experiencing longer wait times than usual. Staff appreciate your patience and understanding.

The Central Harlem Sexual Health Clinic is now offering pregnancy testing services on a walk-in basis. The clinic is open for limited services, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Visit the Central Harlem Clinic section for details.

Medication Abortion

Medication abortion (abortion pills) for people in early pregnancy is now available at the Jamaica, Morrisania and Central Harlem Sexual Health Clinics. Call the telemedicine hotline at (347-396-7959) for medical evaluation, counseling and clinic appointments. Walk-ins are also accepted until 2 p.m.

Mpox

The Central Harlem and Chelsea Sexual Health Clinics offer mpox (monkeypox) vaccination on a walk-in basis, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Mpox vaccination is available at the Corona, Fort Greene, Morrisania and Jamaica clinics only for patients receiving other sexual health services. Vaccination is not offered at these clinics as a standalone service.

Sexual Health Clinic Hotline

Call the NYC Sexual Health Clinic Hotline (347-396-7959) for telemedicine services.


The NYC Sexual Health Clinics provide low- to no-cost services for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Anyone who is 12 or older can receive services at any clinic, regardless of immigration status. Parental consent is not necessary.

Test results may take up to seven to ten days. Most clinic services are walk-in only (no appointments). Appointments can be made for select services. See Clinic Services Provided for more detail.

Chelsea and Fort Greene Express Clinics offer appointments for Express testing services. These sites offer testing for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis for people who have no symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection. HIV test results are provided onsite and chlamydia and gonorrhea test results are usually available within hours.

If you do not have health insurance or cannot pay the sliding scale fee, you can still get services.

Services

Service Times and Closures

Regular Hours

See below for hours for each clinic. In general, clinics are open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Fort Greene and Chelsea Express Clinics have evening hours on Tuesdays.

The Sexual Health Clinic Hotline (347-396-7959) is available Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Planned Closures

The clinics and hotline are closed for the following holidays:

  • New Year's Day (January 1)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15)
  • Presidents Day (February 19)
  • Memorial Day (May 27)
  • Juneteenth (June 19)
  • Independence Day (July 4)
  • Labor Day (September 2)
  • Columbus Day (October 14)
  • Election Day (November 5)
  • Veterans Day (November 11)
  • Thanksgiving Day (November 28)
  • Christmas Day (December 25)

All clinics and the hotline are closed on the following dates in 2024:

  • January 25
  • February 29
  • March 13
  • March 28
  • April 25
  • May 30
  • June 12
  • June 27
  • July 25
  • August 29
  • September 11
  • September 26
  • October 31
  • December 11
  • December 26

All clinics and the hotline open at 10 a.m. on the third Tuesday of every month.

All clinics may close early on certain days once capacity is reached.

Telemedicine

For faster service, you can speak to a NYC Sexual Health Clinic health care provider for telemedicine services related to:

  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) services:
    • Medical management of a positive/abnormal STI test result
  • HIV services
    • HIV treatment initiation, for those diagnosed with HIV, who would like to start HIV treatment for the first time
    • Consultation for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation
      • Includes daily PrEP and PrEP “on demand”
    • Medical evaluation for those who think they have signs or symptoms of HIV
    • Medical evaluation for those who might have or have been exposed to HIV
  • Reproductive health services
    • Emergency contraception
    • Pregnancy testing is available at the Central Harlem Sexual Health Clinic only, on a walk-in basis.
    • Intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the implant are available by appointment only. To schedule an IUD or implant appointment, call the NYC Sexual Health Clinic Hotline at 347-396-7959.
  • Medication abortion (abortion pills) services
    • Medical evaluation, counseling and clinic appointments

Clinic Services Provided

The following services are available on a walk-in basis, unless otherwise indicated.

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) services:

  • Medical evaluation for signs and symptoms of STIs
  • Testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and mpox
  • Treatment for STIs

HIV services:

  • HIV testing
  • Medical evaluation for people who may have been exposed to HIV
  • HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)
  • HIV treatment initiation, for people diagnosed with HIV who would like to start HIV treatment for the first time
  • Medical evaluation for people who think they have signs or symptoms of HIV
  • HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation and counseling, available on a walk-in basis but appointments are preferred. To schedule an appointment, call the NYC Sexual Health Clinic Hotline at 347-396-7959.

Reproductive health services:

  • Emergency contraception
  • Birth control ring
  • Birth control patch
  • Daily birth control pills
  • Birth control shot
  • Pregnancy tests
  • Intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the implant, by appointment only. To schedule an IUD or implant appointment, call the NYC Sexual Health Clinic Hotline at 347-396-7959.

Medication abortion services (Jamaica, Morrisania and Central Harlem clinics only):

  • Call the NYC Sexual Health Clinic Hotline at 347-396-7959 to schedule an appointment
  • Walk-ins are also accepted until 2 p.m.

Vaccinations, available to patients receiving other sexual health services (not as a standalone service), unless otherwise indicated:

  • HPV
  • Hep A and Hep B
  • Meningitis
  • Mpox
    • The Central Harlem and Chelsea clinics offer mpox vaccination on a walk-in basis, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    • The Fort Greene, Morrisania and Jamaica clinics offer vaccination for patients receiving other sexual health services
    • For more information: Mpox Vaccination
    • For other mpox vaccination sites, visit NYC Vaccine Finder.
  • For other vaccinations for people 4 years of age and older, visit the Fort Greene Immunization Clinic. To find a COVID-19 or flu vaccination site, visit NYC Vaccine Finder.

When the clinics are busy, priority will be given to patients seeking HIV PEP, emergency contraception, or HIV treatment initiation and urgent follow-up for patients contacted by clinic staff.

Locations

Morrisania Sexual Health Clinic

1309 Fulton Avenue, Second Floor, Bronx
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The clinic may close early once capacity is reached.

See Service Times and Closures for a list of scheduled holiday and other closures.

Jamaica Sexual Health Clinic

90-37 Parsons Boulevard, First Floor, Queens
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The clinic may close early once capacity is reached.

See Service Times and Closures for a list of scheduled holiday and other closures.

Corona Sexual Health Clinic

34-33 Junction Boulevard, First Floor, Queens
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The clinic may close early once capacity is reached.

See Service Times and Closures for a list of scheduled holiday and other closures.

Fort Greene Sexual Health Clinic

295 Flatbush Avenue Extension, Second Floor, Brooklyn
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The clinic may close early once capacity is reached.

See Service Times and Closures for a list of scheduled holiday and other closures.

Fort Greene Express Clinic

295 Flatbush Avenue Extension, First Floor, Brooklyn
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Also open Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The clinic may close earlier if capacity is reached.

See Service Times and Closures for a list of scheduled holiday and other closures.

Fort Greene Express is the only location in Brooklyn where express testing services are offered in a separate space, making it fast and easy to get routine testing for STIs, including HIV. Fort Greene Express is also the only location in Brooklyn with a Quickie Lab, which provides rapid results for chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Schedule an appointment for express testing.

Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic

303 9th Avenue, First Floor, Manhattan
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The clinic may close earlier if capacity is reached.

Rapid results are not available at this time. You should expect your results in seven days.

See Service Times and Closures for a list of scheduled holiday and other closures.

Chelsea Express Clinic

303 9th Avenue, First Floor, Manhattan
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Also open Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for STI and HIV testing for anyone without symptoms.

The clinic may close earlier if capacity is reached.

See Service Times and Closures for a list of scheduled holiday and other closures.

Chelsea Express is the only location in Manhattan where express testing services are offered in a separate space, making it fast and easy to get routine testing for STIs, including HIV. Chelsea Express is also the only location in Manhattan with a Quickie Lab, which provides rapid results for chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Schedule an appointment for express testing.

Central Harlem Sexual Health Clinic

2238 Fifth Avenue, First Floor, Manhattan
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The clinic may close early once capacity is reached.

The Central Harlem Sexual Health Clinic is open for limited services. Services are walk-in only unless otherwise indicated. The following services will be available:

  • STI testing services:
    • Testing for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis for people without symptoms
    • People with symptoms should visit another Sexual Health Clinic
  • Reproductive health services
    • Emergency contraception
    • Pregnancy testing
    • Most birth control methods can be obtained by walking into the clinic.
    • Intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants are available by appointment only. To schedule an IUD or implant appointment, call the NYC Sexual Health Clinic Hotline at 347-396-7959.
    • Other birth control services: birth control patch, pills, ring, shot
  • Medication abortion
    • Call the NYC Sexual Health Clinic Hotline at 347-396-7959 to schedule an appointment or walk into the clinic before 2 p.m.

See Service Times and Closures for a list of scheduled holiday and other closures.

Closed Clinics

These clinics are closed until further notice.

  • Crown Heights Sexual Health Clinic: 1218 Prospect Place, Brooklyn
  • Riverside Sexual Health Clinic: 160 West 100th Street, Manhattan

Patient Safety

Masks: All Sexual Health Clinic visitors must wear a mask. If you do not have a mask, one will be provided.

COVID-19 Symptoms: Do not visit a Sexual Health Clinic if you have COVID-19 symptoms. If you need sexual health services, call the NYC Sexual Health Clinic Hotline at 347-396-7959.

Waiting Area Capacity: To assure patient and staff safety, the waiting area can only admit patients if seats are available. Waiting area capacities vary from clinic to clinic. If the waiting area is full, you may be asked to return at a later time

Guests: Friends or family members who are not essential to the visit will be asked to wait outside of the building. A parent or guardian of a patient who is younger than 18 is allowed.

NYC Health Map

To find other sexual and reproductive health providers near you, visit the NYC Health Map.

Request a free HIV self-test kit by contacting an agency participating in the Community Home Test Giveaway (CHTG) program. Find CHTG partners on the NYC Health Map by clicking the Sexual Health Services category and then HIV Testing.

Feedback

If you have received services at one of our clinics, complete our patient satisfaction survey. Your opinion matters!

Results, Records and Billing

Test Results

After visiting a clinic, you can get your test results online with our Patient Portal.

If you did not register for the Patient Portal at a recent visit, you can call 347-396-7959 for assistance with your test results.

Health Insurance and Billing

The New York City Health Department asks for a fee for Sexual Health Clinic services given to adults (age 19 and over). The Health Department must ask for insurance or payment for services to meet Medicaid standards and other legal requirements. If you want to use your health insurance to pay for the visit, your insurance plan will be billed. A copayment may be required. If you do not have health insurance or do not want your insurance billed for the visit, you will be asked to pay a sliding scale fee based on your family size and yearly income. You will not be asked for proof of family size or yearly income. No payments will be collected at the clinic. See links below for more details.

If you do not have insurance or cannot pay the fee, you can still get services.

Medical Records Request

You can request a copy of your medical record from the NYC Health Department.

Download and complete the Authorization for Release of Health Information (PDF).
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Sign and date the form, and mail it to:

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Bureau of Public Health Clinics
Attn: Medical Records Request (WS 20-41)
42-09 28th St., 20th Floor, Box 73
Long Island City, NY 11101-4132

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