COVID-19 Testing On The Upper West Side: Here Are 11 Locations

UPPER WEST SIDE, 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, 967 Upper West Siders tested positive for the virus, according to the city. It is a positivity rate on the UWS of 5.34 percent.

Here are testing sites open on the Upper West Side. The list does not specify if the local sites have rapid PCR tests, but call the numbers or use the links to confirm beforehand if you need rapid.

If you know of other testing locations on the Upper West Side, please add them to the comment section below, and Patch will update the list.

Upper West Side Testing Sites

• Riverside Health Center (nyc.gov/health/covidexpress): 16 West 100th Street
• Valley Drugs (212-678-0084): 801 Amsterdam Avenue (Between 99th and 100th Streets)
• LabQ Diagnostics Upper West Side (888-522-7247): 97th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
• SOMOS: Luisa Perez (212-663-3420): 145 West 96th Street
• New Amsterdam Drug Mart (212-865-9700): 698 Amsterdam Avenue (94th Street)
• CityMD Urgent Care (212-721-2111): 2398 Broadway (88th Street)
• Speedy Sticks (347-292-9570): 100 West 88th Street
• LabQ Site: Broadway and West 86th Street
• Quest Diagnostics (212-873-8757): 2 West 86th Street
• Wellness Pharmacy (212-439-4718): 144 West 72nd Street
• LabQ Diagnostic West Side (888-522-7247): Broadway and West 71st Street)