NYC on the Cheap COVID Vaccination Freebies & Discounts in NYC, NJ, Conn.

Get FREE food, beer and wine, lottery tickets, museum admission, state parks pass, even a chance to have dinner with your state governor, in NYC, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Just show your vaccination card, or get your vaccination, to take advantage of them. It’s an incentive to get vaccinated.

Some freebies are through Memorial Day or Mid-June only, so don’t delay cashing in.

Freebies and deals for those with COVID vaccination

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Junior’s Cheesecake

Through Memorial Day, get a FREE mini cheesecake by showing your vaccination card.

The freebie is good only at Junior’s landmark flagship store in Downtown Brooklyn, at Flatbush Ave. and DeKalb.

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Photo: Shake Shack

Shake Shack

Through June 12, get FREE fries at Shake Shack just by showing your vaccination card or NY State Excelsior Pass.

Shake Shack has teamed up with the NYC Mayor’s Office to help get more New Yorkers to vaccinated.

The deal is valid in NYC only, for an order of Crinkle Cut Fries, with the purchase of a burger or chicken sandwich.

See locations here.

Also, get a free voucher for a burger/sandwich if you get your shot at an NYC mobile vaccine clinic.

Photo: AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

New York City’s coolest vaccination site is under the iconic Blue Whale.

While the site prioritizes employees of NYC cultural institutions - such as AMNH - any NYC resident over the age of 16 with valid NYC identification can get a vaccination here.

As an incentive, AMNH is offering a pass for FREE admission for anybody vaccinated here, plus three guests.

More FREE Museum Passes

NYC is opening more vaccination sites at several popular locations, which will offer tickets and passes.

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Get vaccinated, get a free same-day ticket and family pass for a future visit

Bronx Zoo

Get vaccinated, get free tickets for a future visit

Coney Island Aquarium

Get vaccinated, get free tickets for a future visit

NYC is also offering free tickets to the following, for those who have been vaccinated

New York Botanical Garden,
Brooklyn Botanical Garden,
Public Theater memberships,
Lincoln Center,
Brooklyn Cyclones games,
NYC football club,
NYC ferry, Governors Ball

Mobile vaccine site outside Barclay’s Center:

Get free merchandise.
A select number of Nets playoff tickets will be given to fully vaccinated fans.

Nathan’s Famous

Show your card at the original Coney Island location to get a FREE hot dog.

Right now, only the original Coney Island location is offering this freebie, but it doesn’t hurt to check your local Nathan’s.

Nathan’s also is offering 5 cent hot dogs on Thursdays to anybody, vaccinated or not.

FREE Lottery Tickets

Get vaccinated from May 24 to May 28 at any of the 10 mass vaccination sites in NY and get a free scratch ticket for the NY Lottery Mega Multiplier game.

You’ll have a shot (pun intended) to win up to $5 million.

MáLà Project

MáLà Project in the East Village and Midtown is giving a free appetizer to diners who show their vaccination card when ordering in person, either takeout or dine-in, through June.

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Covid Vaccination Deals in Connecticut

Through June 1, diners who have received at least one vaccination shot can get a FREE drink at Connecticut restaurants participating in the state-wide #CTDrinksOnUs promotion,

Customers who present proof of inoculation - and buy food from the restaurant hosting them - can select an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage off a special menu drafted by the participating place. Only one selection off the free-drink menu is permitted per vaccinated guest

The offer began on May 19. That’s the date Connecticut ends capacity limits and virtually all other restrictions except a facemask requirement.

Covid Vaccination Deals in New Jersey

The state was teaming up with more than a dozen local breweries for the “Shot and a Beer” project.

Any New Jersey resident over 21 who gets their first vaccine dose in the month of May and takes their vaccination card to a participating brewery will receive a free beer.

The rollout is part of the state’s “Operation Jersey Summer,” which aims to encourage immunization and make the vaccine more available by offering walk-in appointments at mega-sites and other locations.

Dinner with Gov. Murphy

Anyone 18 and older who has been vaccinated in New Jersey can enter an online contest to win a dinner with Gov. Murphy and first lady Tammy Murphy. The winner can choose to join them either at Drumthwacket, the official residence in Princeton, or at Island Beach State Park.

The deadline to enter is May 31.

Free state park pass

The NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection is offering a free “State Parks Vax Pass” to all residents who get at least one vaccination dose by July 4.

The pass, which is of the same value as the annual State Parks Pass, will allow free access to any state park that charges entrance or parking fees for the rest of 2021.

The DEP will also issue refunds to residents who have already purchased a State Parks Pass for 2021 if they show their vaccination card.

Also - FREE Covid Card Lamination Services

Staples, Office Depot, and OfficeMax

Keep your vaccination card preserved with free lamination from Staples, Office Depot and OfficeMax. Bring your card in for the free service through July 25.

NYCOTC tip - It’s also a good idea to take a photo of your card on your smartphone. I have both - a smartphone photo and the card laminated FREE by my nearest Staples.

COVID Vaccination Freebies & Discounts in NYC, NJ, Conn.

See Also

National Freebies & Deals for the Vaccinated

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