New York Community Hospital is a hospital in
Brooklyn, NY that was founded in 1929 by two brothers, both doctors. The hospital has been renamed[1] several times before becoming part of
New York-Presbyterian Hospital in 1997. They more recently partnered with
Maimonides Medical Center.[2] The hospital, which was described as "One Address, Many Hospitals" due to changing names,
[2] offers
Kosher meals to patients.[3]
History
The original medical facility, Madison Park Hospital, was founded in 1929 by Dr. Albert R. Fritz and his brother Dr. J. Dudley Fritz.[1] It was mostly known as a maternity hospital.[2] The hospital was named for the neighborhood. Over a period of time, the name was changed and the hospital underwent more than one
affiliation.
Madison Community Hospital of Adelphi College[4][5]
Hospital of the Jacques Loewe Foundation (1961)[6][7][8]
Community Hospital, which filed for
bankruptcy in 1973.[9] In 1978 the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council recommended closing the hospital.[10]
New York Community Hospital (2018; partnered with Maimonides Medical Center)[14][3] The link of the 134-bed NYCH with the 711-bed Maimonidies that began as a
Clinical Collaboration in 2018 brought speculation in 2020 that "a full-asset merger" has been discussed.[15]
It began as a 60-bed hospital, subsequently expanded to 134 beds.[2] In 2006 a state agency recommended
merging this hospital with another;[16] it wasn't done.
^Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates, Appendix, A7191, November 20, 1963, This month, the nonprofit hospital of the Jacques Loewe Foundation, Brooklyn, celebrates its second anniversary under the auspices of