Vaccination Site Update – Special Newark Location – Open to Certain Hudson County Zip Codes
Hudson County Zip codes have been included in the FEMA Vaccination Site being set up at the NJIT Athletic Center in Newark. The Community Vaccination Center (CVC) will be opening this week on the NJIT campus. This will be a Closed Point of Distribution (POD), only available to pre-identified, Hudson County residents in zip codes in Essex, Union, Passaic, and Hudson counties.
The Hudson Zip codes which will be accepting residents are:
- Bayonne 07002
- Harrison 07029
- North Bergen 07047
- West New York, including Guttenberg 07093
- and the following in Jersey City 07302, 07304, 07305, 07306, 07307, 07310 and 07311
The soft openings will be today, Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30 with the full opening on Wednesday, March 31.
The Newark vaccination site at the NJIT Naimoli Family Athletic & Recreational Facility, located at the corner of Lock and Bleeker Streets, will be operating 7 days per week from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. for eight weeks, with the goal of administering 6,000 doses per day.
Free parking is available in the parking deck at the corner of New and Nuttman Streets.
To register and schedule an appointment, call 855-568-0545, or go online to covidvaccine.nj.gov . The vaccine is free.
