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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