Primary Care for New Dorp & Staten Island Patients

For anyone looking for a doctor near New Dorp, this Lower Manhattan address is our closest location.

The route from New Dorp Lane to Catherine Street uses three legs of public transit, needs no car and involves only two transfers. Times below reflect typical weekday service, so check the MTA and ferry apps for delays, weekend changes or track work before you travel. Give yourself roughly 1 to 1.5 hours door to door, and a little extra for a morning appointment, when trains and boats are at their busiest. Bring an OMNY-enabled card or phone for the railway and the subway or bus; the ferry itself costs nothing, and seating is plentiful outside peak hours.

New Dorp has plenty of medical offices along Hylan Boulevard, so crossing the harbor is a choice, and we want to be clear about why some families make it. Our Chinatown care team speaks English, Chinese and Spanish, which matters to relatives who prefer to talk about their health in their own language. Same-day appointments are held back each weekday for new problems. We accept most major insurance plans, including Medicaid and Medicare. And many New Dorp residents already ride the ferry to jobs downtown, so a lunchtime or after-work visit fits a normal commute.

The Catherine Street clinic offers full primary care for adults and families. Staten Island patients most often book annual preventive care visits with screenings and vaccines, ongoing chronic disease management for diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, and acute care for sudden illness such as infections, rashes or minor injuries. When you need imaging or a specialist, we arrange a referral, and if a specialist closer to home on the South Shore would be easier for follow-up, tell us and we will factor that into the referral. See everything offered at our Chinatown, Manhattan clinic.

We accept most major insurance plans, including Medicaid and Medicare, along with many commercial plans that New Dorp families get through work. Because networks change and some Staten Island plans are built around local hospital systems, please call the clinic with your member ID handy before your first visit so we can confirm your plan is in network. If you are uninsured, ask about self-pay options when you call. Bring your insurance card and a photo ID to every appointment, and tell the front desk right away if your coverage has changed since your last visit.

Choose a time that fits your SIR train and ferry, then schedule your appointment online. Neighbors a little further south can read our Great Kills patient page.