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NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
New York Methodist Hospital in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Geography
Location	506 6th St, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°40′03″N 73°58′43″W / 40.66750°N 73.97861°W / 40.66750; -73.97861
Organization
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Affiliated university	Cornell University - Weill Cornell Medical College
Network	NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
Services
Beds	591 (including bassinets)
History
Opened	May 27, 1881
Links
Website	www.nyp.org/brooklyn
Lists	Hospitals in New York State
Other links	Hospitals in Brooklyn

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is located in Park Slope in Brooklyn, New York, between 7th and 8th Avenues, on 6th Street. The academic hospital has 591 beds (including bassinets) and provides services to some 42,000 inpatients each year. In addition, approximately 500,000 outpatient visits and services are logged annually.

Services

New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital offers specialized care in the following areas: advanced and minimally invasive surgery, advanced otolaryngology, asthma and lung disease, cancer care, cardiology and cardiac surgery, diabetes and other endocrine disorders, digestive and liver disorders, healthy aging, neurosciences, orthopedic medicine and surgery, vascular medicine and surgery, and women's health.

Affiliations

NewYork–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine and is a teaching hospital for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

History

Founded in 1881, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was the first Methodist hospital in the country. The original Romanesque Revival-style building was replaced in the 1930s.

On December 16, 1960, a mid-air collision over Staten Island left 134 people dead; one of the two aircraft that had collided crashed in Park Slope in Brooklyn. The only initial survivor, Stephen Baltz, an 11-year-old boy from Illinois, was thrown from that aircraft onto a snowbank. Badly burned and having inhaled burning fuel, he was taken to what was then Brooklyn's Methodist Hospital, where he succumbed to pneumonia the next day. A plaque inside the hospital’s chapel commemorates the event, including the 65¢ that were found in the boy’s pocket upon arrival.

In 1993, New York Methodist Hospital became one of the earliest hospitals to join the New York Hospital Care Network and its affiliated medical school, Cornell University Medical College. The affiliation continued after New York Hospital merged with Presbyterian Hospital in 1998 to form the present-day NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System.

In 2014, the hospital announced plans to construct a new ambulatory care building on property already owned by the facility. A local community group, Preserve Park Slope, filed a lawsuit to overturn a decision by the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals to approve plans for the building. Construction began on the $445 million project in 2016 despite vigorous community opposition. The construction and additional renovations were meant to address overcrowding issues, particularly after the closure of the nearby Long Island College Hospital.

On December 16, 2016, the hospital renewed the affiliation with NYP by changing its name to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. This would allow more direct investment from NYP for much-needed renovations and access to specialty care.

On March 15, 2021, NYP opened the Center for Community Health, a six-story ambulatory care center located on 6th Street in Park Slope. This is the first major outpatient care center built in Brooklyn in 40 years.

References

1. "NYS Health Profile: New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital". profiles.health.ny.gov.
2. Merlis, Brian; Rosenzweig, Lee (1999). Brooklyn's Park Slope. New York: Sheepshead Bay Historical Society & Israclowitz Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 1878741470.
3. Young, Michelle (February 17, 2016). "Remnants of a 1960 Park Slope Plane Crash Hidden in Plain Sight in Brooklyn". Untapped Cities. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
4. "Policy Recommendations to the Commissioner of Health". New York State Department of Health. September 15, 2009.
5. Bakija, Mary (March 25, 2015). "Preserve Park Slope To Host Meeting On Methodist Construction Project". BKLYNER. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
6. "New York Methodist Hospital cuts back on expansion plans". The Real Deal New York. January 8, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
7. Lewis, Caroline (May 5, 2016). "Park Slope hospital's $445 million expansion gets underway, despite neighbors' concerns". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
8. Preserve Park Slope (June 12, 2014), Preserve Park Slope protest New York Methodist Hospital expansion plan - News 12 Brooklyn, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved October 23, 2018
9. Musumeci, Natalie (April 8, 2014). "Opponents of New York Methodist Hospital's expansion plan fight back with alternate plan". Daily News. New York. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
10. ^ "NY-Presbyterian becomes 'active parent' of Park Slope's NY Methodist Hospital". Brooklyn Eagle. December 13, 2016.
11. Albrecht, Leslie (December 16, 2018). "Park Slope's NY Methodist Hospital Merges with NY Presbyterian". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
12. "NewYork-Presbyterian and New York Methodist Hospital Establish New Relationship to Enhance Care in Brooklyn". NewYork-Presbyterian. December 7, 2016.
13. "New Ambulatory Care Center Opening at Brooklyn Methodist Hospital". Brooklyn Reader. March 11, 2021.

External links

• Website for NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
• Website for Center for Community Health

• Hospital buildings completed in 1887
• Hospital buildings completed in 1924
• Hospitals in Brooklyn
• NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System
• 1881 establishments in New York City
• Park Slope