Overview

We provide exceptional, compassionate healthcare to families in need regardless of insurance status, identity status or ability to pay. Every year, we provide 10x more charity care than the typical U.S. nonprofit hospital—ensuring that families who can’t afford to pay don’t have to.

Compassionate healthcare, now and for the long-term

Our charity services are extensive. They include a full range of primary medical, dental and behavioral healthcare. We also offer specialty medical care, including infectious disease services and podiatry. Our new optometry clinic is open for eye exams and corrective vision options.

Almost 160 years of service to New York City has taught us that primary healthcare can only go so far in helping families. We must do more. So we provide information and strategies to ensure families can stick with their treatments despite limited financial resources, poor access to quality food and few neighborhood support networks.

The Floating Hospital’s safety net support system does all it can to help New York City families – at no cost to them – through the generosity of an army of supporters who feel that everyone deserves the best care they can receive.

Through them, we keep families afloat.

  • Our team of board-certified physicians provides comprehensive primary medical care to help you maintain good health at every stage of life.

    • Medical exams and preventive cancer screenings

    • Sick and urgent care visits

    • Physicals and immunizations required for school and employment

    • Lab/bloodwork

    • Gynecological exams, pregnancy testing, and prenatal care referrals

    • Vision, hearing, tuberculosis, and lead screenings

    • Management of chronic health issues such as asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, and sexually transmitted diseases

    • Cardiology

    • Podiatry

    • Optometry

  • Our Behavioral Health Team is here to help. We’re trained to understand and address the emotional, psychological, and social issues facing you and your family.

    • Therapy for adults and children

    • Psychiatric and psychological evaluations

    • Individual, couple, and family counseling

    • Child psychiatry

    • Treatment of depression, stress, and anxiety

    • Medication management

    • Substance abuse counseling and therapy

    • Trauma-informed care

    • Case management

  • We help you build good dental habits and keep you smiling! Nicknamed “Gentle Dental” by our patients, our dental program provides quality oral healthcare to people of all ages.

    Our services include:

    • Dental exams and cleanings

    • Scaling

    • Full and partial dentures

    • Bridge work

    • Filings, extractions, and crowns

    • Oral cancer screenings

  • Expert diagnosis, treatment and management, coordinated with primary care.

    Our services include:

    • HIV

    • Hepatitis B and C

    • Lyme Disease

    • Measles

    • Malaria

    • Cellulitis (skin infection), abscesses, osteomyelitis (bone infection), endocarditis (heart valve infection), and other recurrent or progressive infections

  • We offer care that supports your decisions and provides you with the services you need in a safe and confidential setting.

    Our services include:

    • Gynecologic exams

    • Adolescent gynecology

    • Menstrual pain and irregularities

    • Pelvic and vaginal discomfort and infections

    • Breast exams

    • Menopause management

    • Gynecologic cancer screenings and pap testing

  • We help you and your family see better with world-class eye care for adults and children.

    Our services include:

    • Comprehensive eye exams

    • Corrective glasses and lenses

    • Frames

The Good Health Shuttle

It’s one of our founding principles: eliminating barriers to healthcare is as vital as providing the care. With homeless families increasingly isolated in unfamiliar and underserved locations, getting to a clinic is a formidable challenge. In response, The Floating Hospital provides free, round-trip vehicle transportation to patients residing in family homeless shelters or domestic violence safe houses throughout the five boroughs, and public housing developments in Northwest Queens. We provide MetroCards to qualifying patients who prefer to use public transit. Every year, our vehicles travel to hundreds of locations city-wide—and accumulate enough mileage to circle the globe 4.5 times.

Health Center locations

The Floating Hospital:
Main Clinic

21-01 41st Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101

Monday – Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Appointments:
718-784-2240, ext. 107

 

The Floating Hospital:
Queensbridge Health Center

10-29 41st Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Appointments:
718-361-6266

 

Service Animal Policy

The Floating Hospital welcomes service animals trained to perform specific tasks to assist individuals with disabilities. However, emotional support animals are not permitted in our facilities. We appreciate your understanding as we maintain a safe and inclusive environment for all patients and staff.

21-01 41st Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101

Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Phone: (914) 556-2511
Fax: (914) 556-2221

Free prescription delivery is available.

Low-cost medication is available to our uninsured and under-insured customers through the 340B drug pricing program.

Shopping at our pharmacy supports our community charity work.