NEW YORK — For Aida Reyes, this past year has been extremely difficult.

“People were dying, the ambulances were coming 24/7, I thought I was in a twilight zone, in a 'M*A*S*H' episode,” she said. “It was horrific, horrific, watching your neighbors die, watching an ambulance come and pick up neighbors, it was very horrible for us.”

And that made her eager to get the COVID-19 vaccine. She was one of the first in a very long line at Medgar Evers College Wednesday, when it opened as a mass vaccination site for eligible New Yorkers — specifically for residents living in one of 14 zip codes in Eastern Brooklyn.

“I thank God that today we’re able, the 11206 area code Brooklyn, are able to get our vaccines,” said Reyes.

York College also opened as a mass vaccination site in Jamaica for Queens residents who live in 20 nearby zip codes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo toured the site as it got ready to start doling out vaccines and said it’s an effort to get shots to neighborhoods that need them most.

"When it comes to the vaccine, my point is correct, the injustice you created during COVID,” Cuomo said. “Where you had more Blacks die, more Hispanics die, higher positivity rate, less testing. Make sure we get the vaccine to these communities. And that's what we are doing here today.”

If eligible, residents living in the following zip codes can schedule an appointment at the Medgar Evers site: 11206, 11221, 11216, 11238, 11225, 11213, 11233, 11207, 11208, 11236, 11212, 11203, 11226, and 11210.

If eligible, residents living in the following zip codes can schedule an appointment at the York College location: 11418, 11419, 11420, 11435, 11436, 11439, 11432, 11433, 11434, 11423, 11412, 11413, 11427, 11428, 11429, 11411, 11422, 11691, 11692, and 11693.

Appointments are required and can be made through New York's 'Am I Eligible' website, by calling 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829) or by visiting the site where staff will be able to help residents make appointments.

The sites are run by FEMA in partnership with the state. 3,000 shots will be available at each location daily, part of a special allocation from the federal government.

This comes as a new city-run site in Brownsville aimed at providing more vaccinations to Black New Yorkers has been less successful. NY1 found people from other neighborhoods showing up and getting vaccinations there.

For these new FEMA sites, an eligible address is required to make the appointment.

“We suffer so much, we lost so many lives here, so it’s gonna give us hope, and it will help us and get on with our lives,” said Candida Antoine, another of the first people in line.

Appointments are required ahead of time, but New Yorkers have the option to make them in person as well.

For now, these sites are open only to New Yorkers from certain zip codes, but after the first week of scheduling, state officials say they will open them to anyone from each borough.