CityMD East 79th Street Urgent Care files its address as 1143 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10021. The block sits in Lenox Hill between East 79th and East 80th, a residential UES corridor with strong primary care infrastructure already present. A walk-in CityMD in this area complements that infrastructure with same-day evaluation when residents’ primary care offices are unavailable.
In-house X-ray and what it enables
The listing category is “Walk-In with X-Ray,” which signals on-site radiography. That capability changes which cases the clinic can fully evaluate: suspected fractures (especially extremities), chest pain evaluation with screening chest X-ray, suspected pneumonia confirmation, and foreign-body localization. For these cases the in-house X-ray avoids a referral to a separate radiology center and same-day follow-up.
The Lenox Hill referral network
The UES has dense primary care and specialty practice density. A walk-in urgent care in this corridor often establishes referral relationships with nearby orthopedic, neurology, and cardiology practices for follow-up after acute evaluation. The clinic typically provides discharge instructions identifying recommended follow-up.
Calling ahead
The listed number is +1 212-XXX-XXXX. CityMD supports online and phone-ahead wait-list reservation.
Getting to 1143 Lexington Avenue
The address is a 3-minute walk from the 77th Street 6 train and 5 minutes from the 86th Street 4/5/6.
