Comments on: Hooray for Bushwick Free Clinic! (Really!)

By: yasky

yasky — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:35:04 +0000

Anyone know if they have free flu shots?

By: Malana

Malana — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:02:33 +0000

Is the bushwick clinic only an std clinic…or a free medical clinic in general?

By: LB

LB — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:47:06 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly! This is my old neighborhood and I needed to get myself checked out. I assumed the worst going there but was so pleasantly surprised. The staff were all so friendly and helpful and took their time doing everything carefully. It was super clean with minimal wait time. A few yeaarts back I went to the clinic at Chelsea.. UGH! Most horrible experience of my life! Only because I waited for nearly 2 hours did I sit down. Make sure to burn the chothes you’re wearing afterwards. The doc was ok I guess but when he poked his finger inside me and murmured “MMM.. I don’t smell anything funny” it was all I could do to run outta there screaming!

By: Dresden

Dresden — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:38:49 +0000

John – I also wanted to say that the church farther north is incredible. It reminded me of Spain, or even Cuba. It was truly an architectural beauty in the middle of low income housing.

Nice one.

By: Dresden

Dresden — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:19:31 +0000

Free clinic in Manhattan (for non STD stuff and general health):

917-544-0735

Never been.

By: Armstrong

Armstrong — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:07:17 +0000

que lastima! well, I’ll tuck this info into the back of my “little black book.”

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:05:18 +0000

Quite a strange and surprising story — most clinics, public or private, are totally gross. I only go to doctors or hospitals unless I broke something or am so sick I can’t function, because I’m convinced people catch more stuff getting treated for other stuff, or even worse, just getting a check up. Blah.

By: Dresden

Dresden — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:33:08 +0000

Wowzers. I also ate a slice while waiting across the street at a pizza place. It was a bright sunny day. and I was HIV negs. which helps.

By: John Dereszewski

John Dereszewski — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:00:02 +0000

The Bushwick Health Center has been a class operation for many years, and I am glad that you had such a good experience with it. It is a real hidden gem.

During my District Manager days, the Board’s office was situated on the third floor of 335 Central, and I had a good opportunity to work with the Health Department’s very dedicated staff.

My most vivid memory at 335 Central, however, occurred in July of 1977 when, a few days after the blackout, we had a birdseye view of what would become the All Hands Fire. Looking over what was then a huge vacant area and is now Hope Gardens I, we witnessed a true inferno unfold before us. I will never forget this.