Changes to federal health insurance programs under President Donald Trump’s 2025 tax law are expected to drive up insurance costs across the city and increase the number of New Yorkers who lose health coverage. In response, the city is promoting its sexual health clinics as a source of low- and no-cost care.
The clinics offer low- and no-cost STI and HIV testing, preventive treatment for HIV with the PrEP and PEP medications, contraception, emergency contraception, vaccines and medication abortion.
To get the word out before the changes to Medicaid and the state’s Essential Plan, a free insurance program for lower-income New Yorkers who don’t qualify for federal coverage, the city is running a public awareness campaign. The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is running the ads across dating apps, social media, digital ads and YouTube through the end of the month, but services at the clinics are year-round (except for specific closures listed below). Care is available regardless of insurance status, immigration status, income, language, gender identity or sexual orientation, according to a Health Department statement.
Most services are walk-in and available for patients ages 12 and older. All six clinics below are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Some sites also offer evening or express testing.
What’s available
- STI testing, screening and treatment
- HIV testing, treatment initiation, PrEP and PEP
- Doxy-PEP for STI prevention
- Birth control (pills, rings, patches, shots, IUDs, implants)
- Emergency contraception
- Vaccines (HPV, hepatitis A/B, mpox, meningitis)
- Medication abortion
New Services
All clinics now offer treatment for patients with bacterial vaginosis (BV) and their partners, whether male or female. BV, which can cause vaginal discomfort and pain, occurs when the natural balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted and certain bacteria overgrow.
NYC Sexual Health Clinics
QUEENS
Corona Sexual Health Clinic
34-33 Junction Blvd.
Monday to Wednesday, Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Jamaica Sexual Health Clinic
90-37 Parsons Blvd.
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
BROOKLYN
Fort Greene Sexual Health Clinic
295 Flatbush Ave. Extension
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Express STI testing available, including rapid chlamydia and gonorrhea results.
THE BRONX
Morrisania Sexual Health Clinic
1309 Fulton Ave., 2nd Floor
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
MANHATTAN
Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic
303 Ninth Ave.
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Express testing: Monday, Wednesday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Central Harlem Sexual Health Clinic
2238 Fifth Ave.
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
When clinics are closed
All sexual health clinics and the hotline are closed:
- Saturdays and Sundays
- All federal holidays observed in 2026
- They will also be closed on the following days for scheduled Health Department administrative work:
Jan. 14, Jan. 29, Feb. 26, March 26, April 8, April 30, May 28, June 25, July 8, July 30, Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 14, Oct. 29, Nov. 19 and Dec. 17
Additionally, all clinics and the hotline do not open until 10 a.m. on the third Tuesday of every month, and may close early on days when capacity is reached.
How to get more information
- Call 311 and ask for Health Department clinics
- Sexual Health Clinic Hotline: 347-396-7959 (Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
- More info: nyc.gov/sexualhealthclinics
