Brookdale Now Offering Walk-In Vaccine Appointments

LINCROFT, NJ — Starting this week, Brookdale Community College will be offering walk-ins to receive the coronavirus vaccine, no appointment needed.

“Starting this week, anyone who is at least 18 and lives, works or attends school in Monmouth County can go to the Brookdale Community College for a vaccination without an appointment,” said Commissioner Director Tom Arnone. “The Brookdale vaccination site will be open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon.”

The vaccination site is at Brookdale Community College in the Robert Collins Arena, located at 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738.

The Freehold borough Fire House will also give away free, walk-in vaccines on Wednesday.

Come to the Freehold Borough Fire House (49 W Main St, Freehold, NJ 07728) Wednesday, May 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. There will be 100 vaccines available; no appointments are necessary.

Monmouth County is also embarking on a push to get shots in the arms of lifeguards, beach staff and summer camp staff — a group that is usually made up of young people in their late teens and early 20s.

“Last week, Deputy Director Sue Kiley and I held a conference call with all 53 municipalities to discuss assisting them with vaccinating their lifeguards, beach staff and summer camp staff,” said Arnone. “We will be putting together a comprehensive plan to get these workers vaccinated before the summer season begins.”

He did not release details of what the county's plan is.

As of May 3, 224,069 Monmouth County residents are fully vaccinated and there are 303,704 with at least one dose.

In New Jersey, 4.6 million or, 51 percent, of the state has received at least one dose, and 2.9 million, or 33 percent of the state has been fully vaccinated. There is a small statewide problem of people (about seven percent of those vaccinated) not returning for their second shot; Gov. Murphy said Monday his administration will be getting "aggressive" about getting people back for their second shot and getting more people to agree to get the vaccine in the first place.

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