NYC Covid Safe

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 10/18/21 at 7:16pm

Hey, Im seeing my first Broadway show post pandemic on Friday and I was curious if the NYC Covid safe app is acceptable for out of state people or if I have to bring the physical card. Thanks!

[@z5]

Posted: 10/18/21 at 7:18pm

Hey! Yes it is - I use it exclusively. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 10/18/21 at 7:18pm

A photo of your CDC vaccination card is also acceptable.

[alex814]

Posted: 10/18/21 at 7:24pm

I showed them a photo of my vaccine card and it was fine

[HogansHero]

Posted: 10/18/21 at 7:39pm

anyone can use the covid safe app. It's easy because you can swipe between the vax record card and your ID and, if you need it, a negative covid test result. The excelsior pass only works for NYers because it electronically checks the vax info against Dept of Health records.

[angoradebs]

Posted: 10/18/21 at 7:57pm

HogansHero said: "anyone can use the covid safe app. It's easy because you can swipe between the vax record card and your ID and, if you need it, a negative covid test result. The excelsior pass only works for NYers because it electronically checks the vax info against Dept of Health records."

The swiping is exactly why I loved using the NYC Covid Safe App. Coming from out of town, I didn't love the idea of constantly grabbing my ID and risking dropping it/losing it (I definitely dropped it at the very first place that asked for it, hastily shoved it back into my purse in not-its-normal-spot, and then panicked at the next place I went when I couldn't find it) and running into issues traveling home. I loved having them both in the app and ready to go in one spot.

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 10/18/21 at 8:53pm

Fantastic thank you! I’ve been using it for restaurants.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/18/21 at 9:28pm

Just chiming in: I used it all over last weekend. Not a single problem...hotel, theaters and restaurants!

[TwentyThingamabobs]

Posted: 10/19/21 at 11:21am

I also used it this past weekend, but most places asked to see my physical ID to match with the vax tab in the app. They wouldn’t accept the picture of it on the ID tab.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/19/21 at 11:45am

Weird.....didn't have that happen once!

[HogansHero]

Posted: 10/19/21 at 12:15pm

what places were these? I have never been asked for anything else, at a theatre, a restaurant, or a gym, and my experience is not a few places over a weekend. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 10/19/21 at 12:38pm

For the NJ crowd, the NYC Covid Safe app works, but also the Docket app, which pulls your records directly from the NJ DOH.

I used it throughout the city when I was last there, including at ABC Studios (I was seeing “The View”) and it seems to have been gaining traction as the out-of-tower alternative to the NYC based apps

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 10/19/21 at 4:29pm

HogansHero said: "what places were these? I have never been asked for anything else, at a theatre, a restaurant, or a gym, and my experience is not a few places over a weekend."

The Tenement Museum and the Museum of Natural History are asking for both ID and proof of vax, at least from my experience.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 10/19/21 at 4:40pm

TwentyThingamabobs said: "I also used it this past weekend, but most places asked to see my physical ID to match with the vax tab in the app. They wouldn’t accept the picture of it on the ID tab."

Yeah, I don't want that many apps on my phone, so I have my vax card in a cute clear card holder that fits perfectly. Pretty much everywhere I go they check both my ID and my card. With the exception of Caroline or Change, which checked neither. 


 

Updated On: 10/21/21 at 04:40 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/19/21 at 4:52pm

But there's a place for both on the app. A previous poster said they were asked for their actual, physical ID as well.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 10/19/21 at 4:55pm

LizzieCurry said: "The Tenement Museum and the Museum of Natural History are asking for both ID and proof of vax, at least from my experience."

Are you saying they would not accept the NYC Covid Safe app? Because the Natural History website expressly says they do. 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 10/21/21 at 6:58pm

I was just answering your question about places asking to see covid vax proof plus ID.

Updated On: 10/21/21 at 06:58 PM

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 10/21/21 at 7:03pm

I think Hogan was asking that specific poster what places would not accept the NYC Covid Safe app.

I hope it's not anywhere I want to go because I will not be walking around with my physical card.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 10/21/21 at 8:06pm

yes i was. I am still unclear on what Lizzie is saying but it's not important to me personally. If some place doesn't like what I have I just won't go there. Or I'll go get what I need, if i really want to

[Scarlet Leigh]

Posted: 10/22/21 at 12:38am

The app is perfect. Used it not just for the shows but for dining as well. So easy to just swip between ID and card. Highly recommend.