Urgent care center opening at old pharmacy site

Centers Urgent Care is moving into the long-vacant Walgreens site on Third Avenue and 79th Street in August.

The pharmacy closed in October 2021.

Signs for the new center have already been placed on the building.

Centers Urgent Care was founded in 2015 and offers several health services. It has six other Brooklyn locations.

Centers Urgent Care is coming to Third Avenue and 79th Street this summer. Photo courtesy of Ramon D.

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By: Jaime DeJesus
Title: Urgent care center opening at old pharmacy site
Sourced From: brooklynreporter.com/2023/06/urgent-care-center-opening-at-old-pharmacy-site/
Published Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 03:28:06 +0000

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