Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center (NHC) on Blue Hill Avenue is encouraging residents who have been impacted by recent pharmacy closures to take advantage of their services.

US Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, US Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Mayor Wu had all lobbied Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth in recent months to reconsider the closing of the last Walgreens in Roxbury, located at 416 Warren St., but the location was permanently shuttered on Jan. 31.

At the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts’s annual meeting on the same day, Wu said that the city was exploring the possibility that a locally owned pharmacy could move into the same location, or that they could potentially form a partnership with Lyft to provide free or reduced fare to transport residents to other nearby pharmacies.

The Jan. 31 shutdown was the fourth by Walgreens in the neighborhoods of Boston in just over a year. Critics say it signals a shift away from neighborhoods of color to communities that are predominantly white.

In the meantime, community health centers in the vicinity can be a viable and convenient replacement for those who need to fill prescriptions. Harvard Street is one of several health centers that have their own pharmacies inside their buildings. Others include Codman Square, Whittier Street, Uphams Corner, Neponset Health, Geiger-Gibson, and DotHouse Health.

Jessica Da Rosa, director of operations at Harvard Street NHC, said staff have been proactively reaching out to patients in their system who had at one time filled their prescriptions at the Warren St. Walgreens.

“Many of them have been very upset because they’ve been using Walgreens for such a long time, and it could’ve been a few doors down or a couple of streets over for them, so it was very convenient,” Da Rosa said.

On the other hand, Da Rosa said, the pharmacy at HSNHC is located within the same building as all of their other services, such as family medicine, behavioral health, eye care, dental care and more.

“When [a patient is] here for their appointment, they can just walk upstairs once they’re done with their visit or walk downstairs and grab their meds on their way out,” Da Rosa said. The one caveat is that only HSNHC patients can use the pharmacy.

“It’s really simple,” Da Rosa said, “You can give us a call or you can just walk into the clinic. We do all the insurance verification. And even if you don’t have insurance, that’s not a problem, we can help you with that.” Harvard Street NHC, she said, can also deliver prescriptions to patients’ homes.

The outreach efforts, Da Rosa said, have been mainly to let community members know that even among the recent loss of pharmacies, they haven’t been completely abandoned.

“We have many different departments that do outreach,” Da Rosa said. “They’re out at community events, or just walking the streets, to let folks know about Harvard Street and the services we offer. And although it’s sad to hear and it affects our community tremendously, they are saying ‘we are here’ as a service and folks can feel free to become our patient and in turn use our pharmacy.”

The Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center has been in operation since 1969 with a mission of providing quality health care to Bostonians regardless of their ability to pay.

“We just want folks to know we’re not going anywhere,” Da Rosa said. “We’ve been here for fifty-plus years. And we’re here to help.”