Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center

1275 Linden Boulevard | also 1 Brookdale Plaza | East Flatbush | built 1961

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1921
April 11
The Brownsville and East New York Hospital opens with 75 beds
After a decade of planning, the hospital opened on April 11, 1921, in one building with 75 beds serving Brownsville, East New York and Canarsie. Simon R. Blatteis, its first president of the Medical Board, was also a leading figure in organizing its development.
“…the Brownsville and East New York Hospital opened on April 11, 1921, with one building housing 75 beds…”
Source: Wikipedia
1932
The hospital becomes Beth-El Hospital and expands under Jacob Rutstein
The institution was renamed Beth-El Hospital in 1932, and under the directorship of Jacob Rutstein its facilities grew considerably. It was renamed Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in 1971.
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1993
Brookdale opens Brooklyn's first designated long-term AIDS center
In 1993 the hospital opened Brooklyn's first long-term AIDS center to be officially designated as such, later renamed the Treatment for Life Center. Earlier, the Radutzky Emergency Care Pavilion was dedicated in 1982, the year the hospital was designated a Level I Trauma Center.
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