Bay Ridge Hospital
Geography
LocationBrooklyn, New York, United States
Services
Beds96
History
Former name(s)Bay Ridge Sanitorium
Opened1912
Closedafter 1926
Links
ListsHospitals in New York

Bay Ridge Hospital's Brooklyn building[1][2] became a nursing home.[3]

History

Pre-World War I plans to build a hospital at Seventh Avenue, to be named Bay Ridge Hospital, were altered, and that location became Victory Memorial Hospital,[4] as "a monument to the soldiers of the section who died in service."[5] The result was described as "There would be no more Bay Ridge Hospital. Or would there?"[4]

A series of steps led to what actually became Bay Ridge Hospital:[4]

  • In 1912 "a group of local doctors" bought and converted a mansion "on Ovington Avenue, between Third and Fourth" into what was named "Bay Ridge Sanitarium, which had 12 beds."
  • In 1920 "a fireproof, one-story maternity ward was built."
  • By 1926 they had added space to the fire-vulnerable Sanitarium, and they had a total of 96 beds.

After a major fire, they rebuilt, resulting in a five-story fireproof 437 Ovington Street main building and, across the street, "the hospital purchased 438 Ovington Avenue for use as its nurses’ home."

The 438 building "no longer exists"[4] and 437 became "St. Nicholas Home for the elderly."[2]

References

  1. "BAZAAR TO AID HOSPITAL.; Fair for Bay Ridge Institution". The New York Times. October 12, 1919. The Women's Auxiliary of the Bay Ridge Hospital has arranged to hold a bazaar on Oct. 17 and 18 in the hospital building, Seventh Avenue and Ninetysecond Street
  2. 1 2 "Mr. Charlie and the Spices of His Life". New York Times. April 6, 2008. I was born right here in Bay Ridge Hospital, which is now St. Nicholas Home for the elderly.
  3. "Where to Find Medical Records for Closed Hospitals in New York State" (PDF). Bay Ridge (Now a nursing home), 437 Ovington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209
  4. 1 2 3 4 "The Fights for Bay Ridge's First Hospitals". March 27, 2017.
  5. "memorial". Brooklyn Eagle. February 25, 1919. p. 2.


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