GNYADA Opens COVID-19 Testing Site

On Wednesday, December 29th, GNYADA received a call from the Queens Borough President’s Office asking if the Association could work with the City of New York and other partners to install a stand-up PCR testing site in the parking lot of our education and training center in Whitestone, Queens. We answered with a resounding “YES, we can do this!”

Since the start of the pandemic, one thing has been clear: Local Franchised New Car Dealers are a part of communities all across metro New York, where they continually play a vital role in helping their neighbors in a time of crisis.

The following Monday, January 3, 2022 – just five days later, the staff at GNYADA had set up cones, signage, and a tent in the parking lot, mapping out where people would line up and flow through the testing site. 

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, local franchised new car dealers have been committed to assisting the community through this ordeal.  At the beginning of the COVID crisis GNYADA donated and delivered 500,000 masks when personal protective equipment was in desperately short supply to dozens of area senior centers, community nonprofits, apartment buildings, nursing homes, and other groups in need.

“Like so many small businesses, local franchised new car dealers and their employees, have faced many issues these past two years but they continue to put their local communities first and this testing site is another example of that tradition,” said Mark Schienberg, GNYADA president.  

If someone in your dealership needs a COVID-19 PCR test, send them to GNYADA’s Center for Automotive Education & Training located at 15-30 Petracca Place, Whitestone, Queens, NY 11357. 

The site is open for PCR testing Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am till 6:00 pm. Please note, the site will be closed Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 17, 2022.

Results are usually sent back within 48 – 72 hours. 
 

January 13, 2022