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San Francisco Needle Exchange Sites

All sites offer the following services:

  • Sterile syringe exchange
  • Safer injection and sex supplies
  • Printed resources and information on drug treatment, medical care, and health & social services

Additional services available at individual needle exchange sites are listed below along with site times and locations.

Site listings by day of the week

  • Monday, 1pm - 3pm: 4720 3rd Street, between Newcomb and Oakdale (Bayview/Hunter's Point) (Yahoo! map) 
  • Monday, 7pm - 9pm: Ivy Street (between Polk & Van Ness/Grove and Hayes, next to Tom Waddell Clinic) (Yahoo! map)
    • Anonymous, free, oral HIV testing - Tenderloin Health 
    • Urgent medical care
  • Tuesday, 10am - 12 noon: 117 Sixth Street (near Mission) (Yahoo! map)
    • Urgent medical care and referrals
  • Tuesday, 6pm - 8pm: Duboce (between Church and Market) (Yahoo! map)
  • Wednesday, 6pm -8pm: 427 South Van Ness (between 15th and 16th) (Yahoo! map)
  • Thursday, 4pm - 6pm: Cesar Chavez @ Potrero St (near overpass) (Yahoo! map)
  • Thursday, 7pm - 9pm: Hemlock Alley (between Post and Sutter/Polk and Van Ness) (Yahoo! map)
  • Friday, 12 noon - 2pm: 117 Sixth Street (near Mission) (Yahoo! map)
    • Urgent medical care ( last 3 Fridays of each month) and referrals -- NP from SFDPH
  • Friday, 6pm - 8pm: 234 Eddy Street (near the Windsor Hotel) (Yahoo! map)
  • Friday, 7pm - 9pm: Mobile Outreach based at 16th Street @ Mission (Yahoo! map)
  • Saturday, 3pm - 11pm: 117 Sixth Street (near Mission) (Yahoo! map)
    • Free HIV, Hep C testing from 3pm-5pm
Page last updated: 1/21/2009


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