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Pet Help in the New York City Area

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In New York City and need help now? For an emergency, go to a 24-hour hospital below and tell them if cost is a barrier. To lower costs, start with the spay/neuter programs and low-cost clinics. For a bill you can’t cover, get a free funding plan.

Want what’s closest to you? Search by ZIP code or your location. Nearby: Long Island.

Emergencies and 24-hour hospitals

Spay, neuter and vouchers

  • ASPCA Mobile Spay & Neuter Clinic NYC
    All five boroughs (rotating ZIP codes)
    Free and low-cost spay/neuter for cats and dogs on a mobile clinic that visits set neighborhoods in all five boroughs on scheduled days.
  • Bideawee Feral Cat Initiative (NYC FCI)
    NYC and Long Island
    Supports humane trap-neuter-return for community cats with caretaker resources, workshops, free transport to spay/neuter appointments and a help desk for certified caretakers.
  • Neighborhood Cats
    244 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2222, New York, NY 10001 · 212-662-5761
    Nonprofit that trains and supports caretakers of feral and stray cats in NYC, with TNR training, trap banks, colony-care guidance and links to low-cost spay/neuter.

Low-cost clinics and vaccines

  • Flatbush Vet (Flatbush Cats nonprofit clinic)
    1460 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210
    Nonprofit high-volume clinic run by Flatbush Cats offering spay/neuter, annual wellness exams and vaccines for cats and dogs, plus free community clinics held through the year. It is not a full-service clinic and does not treat sick or injured pets.
  • Animal Care Centers of NYC - Community Pets Program
    New York City
    ACC outreach program that helps keep pets with their families: free pop-up vaccine and microchip clinics in the Bronx and Queens (rabies, DA2PP, Bordetella, FVRCP), referrals for free spay/neuter appointments with partners, free dog training and cat behavior help, tenant advocacy for pet-related housing issues, and general pet care guidance.
  • ASPCA Animal Hospital (Manhattan)
    424 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128
    Appointment-based urgent care for cats and dogs of income-qualifying NYC residents. It is not an emergency room or a routine-care clinic.
  • ASPCA Community Veterinary Clinics and ASPCA Animal Hospital (New York City)
    New York City (Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan) · (844) 692-7722
    Appointment-based, partially or fully subsidized primary care (exams, vaccines, minor illness/injury, spay/neuter) at borough clinics in the Bronx, Brooklyn (East New York) and Queens (Long Island City), plus urgent care at the Manhattan hospital, for low-income NYC residents; borough clinics serve only that borough's residents and some require proof of public assistance and specific zip codes.
  • Humane Society of New York (Veterinary Clinic and Adoption)
    306 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022 · 212-752-4840
    Manhattan nonprofit running a full-service dog and cat veterinary hospital focused on affordable care, plus a no-kill adoption center.
  • Humane Society of New York Veterinary Clinic
    306 East 59th Street · (212) 752-4840
    Full-service veterinary hospital offering low-cost care for dogs and cats; no eligibility requirements listed.

Help paying a vet bill

  • Animal Alliance NYC
    New York City · 212-252-2350
    Nonprofit that keeps NYC lists of reduced-cost vet care, payment plans, financial assistance, spay/neuter resources, emergency vet hospitals and free pet food.

Veterinary hospitals and clinics

Pet food

Keeping your pet, end-of-life care and pet loss

Paying for a bigger bill

Ask any hospital about payment plans, CareCredit or Scratchpay, and apply to more than one assistance program. Ways to pay a vet bill in New York lists the programs that are open now, and a free funding plan puts them together for your pet, with a free fundraiser page if you want one.

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