Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)

Free and Confidential Clinics

Important! There will be no Doctor Services after 11:30am on Thursday June 12 at all STD clinics. Doctor Service will resume their normal schedule on Friday June 13^th.

NOTE: All Clinics will be Closed on Thursday July 10. This include regular and evening hours.

Although we understand that most individuals may want to be examined and if necessary treated by their primary care provider, the Health Department does provide free and confidential STD clinics to the public. Clinic locations, phone numbers, and hours of operation, as well as what you can expect during a visit to one of our clinics, follows.

NOTE: Minors do NOT need parental consent for examination and treatment. For additional information, call 311. These clinics are located in all five boroughs, with some having Saturday hours.

What You Can Expect During a Visit to an STD Clinic

Upon arriving at the Clinic, you will be asked to fill out a form with information about yourself and your reasons for coming to the clinic. Your medical records are confidential, meaning no one has access to them except authorized Health Department personnel. On this form, a number will be written. To ensure your confidentiality, you will be called by that number throughout your clinic visit. During registration, you will be called and seen by a clinicians. Our medical staff is made up of doctors who have been practicing the specialty of diagnosing and treating STDs for some time. Please be accurate and detailed when providing information, so that we can provide you with the best medical and counseling services, when discussing your medical history with the clinician.

During the medical exam, a clinician will take specimens, some of which will be tested at our on-site lab. A microbiologists will perform the lab tests and share the results with your doctor. If indicated by those results, you will recieve medication before you depart the clinic. Some specimens though may be sent to an outside lab for testing. The clinic staff will let you know how and when to get those results so you can come in for additional treatment and follow-up if required.

HIV Counseling and Rapid HIV Testing is also offered at the clinic. You have the option to test confidentially or anonymously. The results of confidential testing are given to the patient in writing which would be necessary for follow-up medical care. Anonymous testing results are not linked to a person's name but a patient does have the option of converting his or her results to a confidential status if desired. To further understand the benefits of each, speak with one of our staff or call the DOHMH Call Center (1-800-825-5448).

Viral hepatitis services are offered at several clinics*. Hepatitis C screening is available for patients at risk of infection. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C. Vaccine for Hepatitis B is available to ALL patients who have not been vaccinated or infected in the past. Vaccine for hepatitis A is available to patients at high risk of infection. Hepatitis A vaccine will NOT be provided for travel purposes.

Emergency contraception is available at all STD clinics on the days when STD services are available (see below).

For additional information please call 311.

Manhattan

Central Harlem
2238 Fifth Avenue (137th Street)
New York, NY 10037
Travel Information: #2 train to 135th Street
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• STD Services, Emergency Contraception, Hepatitis B vaccine, Hepatitis A vaccine for high risk patients, Hepatitis C screening for high risk patients, and HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing:
• Monday thru Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm
• Saturday, 8:30am — 12:00pm
• INTAKE CLOSES AT 12:00PM EVERY THIRD FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH FOR MANDATORY STAFF MEETING–NOTE: The JUNE clinic meeting will be held on FRDAIY JUNE 13^th NOT on Friday June 20^th.  

East Harlem
158 East 115th Street (off Lexington Avenue)
New York, NY 10029
Travel Information: #6 train to 116th Street
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• STD Services, Emergency Contraception, Hepatitis B vaccine, Hepatitis A vaccine for high risk patients, and HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing:
• Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
  8:30am to 4:00pm
• Monday and Friday — "NO DOCTOR SERVICES"
  8:30am to 4:00pm
• HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing only
• INTAKE CLOSES AT 12:00PM EVERY THIRD FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH FOR MANDATORY STAFF MEETING  –NOTE: The JUNE clinic meeting will be held on FRDAIY JUNE 13^th NOT on Friday June 20^th.

Chelsea
303 Ninth Avenue (28th Street)
New York, NY 10001
Travel Information: C or E trains to 23rd Street or #1 to 28th Street
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• STD Services, Emergency Contraception, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Hepatitis A vaccine for high risk patients, Hepatitis C screening for high risk patients, HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing:
• Monday thru Friday — 8:30am to 4:00pm
• Saturday, 8:30am — 12:00pm
• Tuesday and Thursday HIV Testing ONLY: 5-7pm
• INTAKE CLOSES AT 12:00PM EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH FOR MANDATORY STAFF MEETING

Riverside
160 West 100th Street (between Columbus/Amsterdam)
New York, NY 10025
Travel Information: #1, B, C, to 96th Street
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• STD Services, Emergency Contraception, Hepatitis B vaccine, Hepatitis A vaccine for high risk patients, Hepatitis C screening for high risk patients, HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing:
• Monday thru Friday — 8:30am to 4:00pm
• INTAKE CLOSES AT 12:00PM EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH FOR MANDATORY STAFF MEETING

Staten Island

Richmond
51 Stuyvesant Place (Wall Street)
Staten Island, NY 10301
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• STD Services, Emergency Contraception, Hepatitis B vaccine, Hepatitis A vaccine for high risk patients, HIV Counseling and Rapid testing.
• Thursday 8:30am to 4:00pm
• Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday — "NO DOCTOR SERVICES"
  8:30am to 4:00pm HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing only
• INTAKE CLOSES AT 11:00AM EVERY LAST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH FOR MANDATORY STAFF MEETING
  

Bronx

• STD Services, Emergency Contraception, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Hepatitis A vaccine for high risk patients, Hepatitis C screening for high risk patients, HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing:
• Monday thru Friday — 8:30am to 4:00pm
• Saturday, 8:30am — 12:00pm
• INTAKE CLOSES AT 12:00PM EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH FOR MANDATORY STAFF MEETING

~For more information about HIV testing sites that are not Health Department Clinics in the Bronx, please see Bronx-Wide HIV Testing Initiative.

Brooklyn

Bushwick Clinic
335 Central Avenue (between Linden St and Grove St)
Brooklyn, NY 11221
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• STD Services, Emergency Contraception, Hepatitis B vaccine, Hepatitis A vaccine for high risk patients, Hepatitis C screening for high risk patients, HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing:
• Monday thru Friday – 8:30am to 4:00pm
• INTAKE CLOSES AT 12:00PM EVERY LAST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH FOR MANDATORY STAFF MEETING

Travel Direction to Bushwick Clinic
By Bus: The # 46, at Utica Ave. bus, to Gates Avenue. Change for the # 52 at Gates and travel East to Central Ave. Walk on Central Ave., against the traffic, until you reach 335 Central Ave.

By Bus: The # 44 Nostrand Ave bus to Gates. Take the Gates Ave.# 52 bus to Central Ave.

Fort Greene
295 Flatbush Ave. Extension
(located at the corner of Willoughby St. - Near the Fulton Mall and Long Island University)
2nd Flr.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Travel Information:
#2, #3, #5 trains to Nevins Avenue
N, R, D trains to Dekalb Avenue
Map **Note: Select Map of 295 Flatbush Avenue EXTENSION

• STD Services, Emergency Contraception, Hepatitis B vaccine, Hepatitis A vaccine for high risk patients, HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing:
• Monday thru Friday — 8:30am to 4:00pmSaturday — 8:30am to 12:00pm
• Tuesday and Thursday HIV Testing ONLY: 5-7pm