Adelphi Hospital
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| Adelphi Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°41′10″N 73°58′15″W / 40.686187276116314°N 73.97069481817907°W |
| History | |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Closed | 1974 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Adelphi Hospital was a 146-bed voluntary hospital that opened in 1929 at 50 Green Avenue and closed in 1974. It "served the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn."[1][2][3] The hospital was in "a seven-story, fireproof building" and was located at "the corner of Greene Ave and Adelphi St."[4][5]
History[edit]
For five years, covering three contracts,[1] the hospital and a union for nonprofessional employees went through a strike [6][7] about which The New York Times used the word tinderbox.[8] The situation "emptied most beds in the hospital and forced many strikers to seek welfare assistance."[9]
The Brooklyn Public Library archive noted that
- an anonymous philanthropist funded giving $5 "to every baby born in Adelphi Hospital."[10]
- the hospital remodeled in 1941, adding "additional operating rooms, new laboratories" and a solarium.[5]
The hospital's 54 Green Avenue property housed its Adelphi Mental Health Clinic. In 1978 the building was landmarked and subsequently was listed on city records as an office building.[11]
After the hospital closed, part of it served as a medical center run by Josephine English, "the first African-American licensed obstetrician/gynecologist in New York State."[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b David C. Berliner (May 5, 1974). "Closing of Hospital Is Bitter". New York Times.
- ^ "EDWARD J. BRADLEY; A Leader in Amateur Sports in Queens and Nassau Counties". New York Times. April 10, 1938.
- ^ "MORRIS WEINTROB, S6EON, 52, DE; Associate of Adelphi Hospital in Brooklyn Also Served the Jewish Sanitarium There". New York Times. April 9, 1953.
- ^ "To remodel hospital".
- ^ a b "To remodel hospital".
- ^ "6 PICKETS SEIZED AT HOSPITAL HERE; Charged With Harassing Police in Adelphi Strike". New York Times. January 24, 1969.
- ^ "Adelphi Hospital Is Free of Pickets As Dispute Is Ended". New York Times. February 26, 1969.
- ^ Robert Lewis (February 26, 1969). "Adelphi Hospital Strike". New York Times.
- ^ Peter Millones (February 20, 1969). "ADELPHI HOSPITAL IS HURT BY STRIKE; Most Beds Empty -- Many Employes on Welfare". New York Times.
- ^ "Premium babies". March 9, 1942.
- ^ "Building of the Day: 54 Greene Avenue, More Than Meets the Eye". Brownstoner Magazine. June 17, 2005.
- ^ Suzanne Spellen (December 20, 2011). "Building of the Day: 40 Greene Avenue". Brownstoner Magazine. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
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