Addabbo Brings Metrocard Van to Howard Beach & Glendale

Senator Is a Member of NYS Senate’s Committee on the Aging

WHEN:                       Wednesday,  February 29, 2012

WHERE/TIME:         Howard Beach Senior Center, 156-45 84th St.  (10 AM– 12 Noon)

                                    (718-738-8100)

For the disabled and senior members of our community, it can be difficult to get around town. In an effort to provide more accessible service, New York City Transit has a mobile outreach program designed especially to serve their needs in their own communities. NYS Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., is sponsoring the agency’s MetroCard Van to visit his district again later this month.

A specially-equipped MetroCard Van will park at Howard Beach and Glendale locations on the dates/times above, and MetroCard Mobile Sales staff will assist residents 65+ and disabled customers in applying for Reduced Fare MetroCards. All customers may purchase and/or refill MetroCards; report a lost or stolen card; or have a damaged MetroCard replaced on-site. Seniors applying for a reduced-fare MetroCard will need to bring at least 2 types of identification to the MetroCard bus:  Medicare Card, Social Security Card, Birth Certificate, Driver’s License, or Non-Driver License. A photographer is available on MetroCard buses to complete applications on-site, free of charge. Disabled passengers can get an application on-site, which they must then have completed by their physician, acknowledging their disability.

For more information, please call Senator Addabbo’s Howard Beach (718-738-1111) or Middle Village (718-497-1630) district offices.  

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