
Overview
We deliver exceptional, compassionate healthcare to families facing financial hardship, ensuring they receive the care they need regardless of insurance coverage or financial situation. Each year, we provide significantly more charity care (10x more) than the typical nonprofit hospital, ensuring families have access to essential care, even when they cannot afford it.
Compassionate healthcare, now and for the long-term
Our comprehensive charity services include primary medical, dental, behavioral healthcare, and specialty medical services such as infectious disease treatment and podiatry. Our optometry clinic provides thorough eye exams and corrective vision services.
With nearly 160 years of experience in New York City, we understand that primary healthcare alone isn’t enough. We extend our support by providing education, practical tools, and strategies that empower families to thrive despite financial constraints, limited access to nutritious food, and scarce neighborhood resources.
The Floating Hospital’s safety-net system delivers healthcare at no cost to New York City families in need, thanks to the generosity of our community of supporters who share our belief that everyone deserves excellent healthcare.
Through them, we keep families afloat.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 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
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.