NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn
150 55th Street | also 5501 1st Avenue | Sunset Park | built 1931
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- 1974
Lutheran Medical Center moves into a former factory building at 150 55th Street
In 1974 the hospital, founded in 1883 by the Norwegian Lutheran deaconess nurse Sister Elisabeth Fedde, moved to 150 55th Street in Sunset Park, into a former factory building. Its earlier homes were on William Street in Red Hook and then on Fourth Avenue. The beds grew from under 200 in 1967 to over 400 by 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2004
A Chinese Unit opens on the hospital's fourth floor for Sunset Park's immigrants
In 2004 the hospital added a 16-bed Chinese Unit wing on the fourth floor, which the Daily News called the only one of its kind in Brooklyn serving the Chinese immigrant population of Sunset Park. Translators were on hand day and night, and Halal or kosher meals were supplied on request.
“…the newly added Chinese Unit's 16-bed wing on the fourth floor was described by The New York Daily News as "the only one of its kind in Brooklyn…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2010
The emergency department expands from 30 to 46 treatment bays
The 2010 expansion of the emergency department increased its space and services by 45 percent. Treatment bays rose from 30 to 46, and the work added a five-room Quick Care area for less urgent cases, separate treatment bays for children, and an upgraded radiology suite on site.
“…increased its space and services by 45 percent. The ED expansion included the increase of treatment bays from 30 to 46…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2015
Lutheran Medical Center joins NYU Langone and is renamed, first NYU Lutheran and later NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn
In 2015 Lutheran Medical Center affiliated with NYU Langone and became NYU Lutheran Medical Center. It was renamed NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn in 2017. By then the 450-bed teaching hospital treated about 80,000 emergency patients a year and had appeared in the ABC documentary series NY Med.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- NYU Langone Hospital – BrooklynWikipedia
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