Queens residents to get a lift to York College vaccine site

The MTA announced shuttle service between Rockaway and the York College vaccine site. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

By Rachel Vick

Starting March 1, new bus service will deliver Queens residents to the borough's mass vaccine site at York College, the MTA said Tuesday.

The pilot program will establish bus service between Edgemere Houses at Beach 41st Street in Rockaway and Liberty Avenue outside York College.

"The MTA is doing everything we can to ensure vaccine equity by providing improved transit access from public housing and community centers to Medgar Evers College and York College," said MTA Chair Patrick Foye. “We want to make sure those who live in the ZIP codes with the lowest vaccination rates across the city have all the options possible to get to these sites.”

The Q98V shuttles are part of an effort to connect the hardest hit neighborhoods to vaccines and will run every 30 minutes from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

Shuttle stops will be at Beach Channel Dr at Beach 41st St., Beach Channel Dr. at Beach 54th St., Beach 59 St at Rockaway Fwy., Rockaway Beach Bl at Beach 73rd St., Rockaway Beach Bl at Beach 84 St., Rockaway Bl at 122nd St. and Liberty Ave. at Union Hall.

Vaccinations at York College are reserved for Queens residents. Appointments can be made online or by calling 833-697-4829