EAST VILLAGE — Residents looking to get a municipal identification card won’t need to travel far to sign up.
A new pop-up enrollment site is opening up at the Henry Street Settlement/Jobs Plus center at 24 Avenue D near East 3rd Street from Jan. 4 to Jan. 15. Residents can make an appointment by visiting www.nyc.gov/idnyc or by calling 311.
The site will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday except Tuesday, when it will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The site will also close at noon on its last day of operation.
Cards issued by the program — which began nearly a year ago — come with a number of perks, including free memberships at 40 cultural institutions citywide like the New Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Chinese in America.
The cards may also be used to check out books at public libraries or open a bank or credit account at more than a dozen financial institutions.
However, they cannot be used as identification in bars.
The program is open to all New Yorkers who are at least 14 years old, regardless of their immigration status, although they must provide proof of identity and residency.
Applying for a municipal ID is free until the end of 2016 and the cards are valid for five years from the application’s approval.
