St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore
Geography
LocationFar Rockaway, Queens, New York, United States
Organization
TypeGeneral
Services
Beds209[1]
History
Opened1905
Links
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksList of hospitals in Queens

St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore[2][3][4] opened as St. Joseph's Hospital[5][6] on June 25, 1905,[7][8] became the South Shore Division of Long Island Jewish Hospital in January 1973, and was renamed St. John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore on July 1, 1976.

History

During the 3+1⁄2 years that Long Island Jewish operated South Shore, Peninsula Hospital attempted to take over this Far Rockaway hospital.[9]

Regarding the need for a replacement for the century-old hospital[6] The New York Times wrote in 1976 that a clash between "officials said they could not continue to operate in the old structure" and voters who "feared a new hospital would bring too many people and cars into their community" resulted in a takeover by another group.[2][6] A proposed closing was avoided via a takeover by a related hospital group. A bankruptcy filed in 1999 by that group resulted in selling one of the group's hospitals.[10]

In 1987 the 300-bed hospital installed a dairy kosher kitchen.[11]

Peninsula Hospital, which in 2006 a state agency wanted St. Johns to absorb,[12] closed in 2012. This closing left St. John's, whose emergency room "was last renovated in the 1960s"[13] as the only hospital in Far Rockaway.

References

  1. ↑ "St. John's Episcoval Hospital". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Rockaway Hospital To Be Taken Over By Episcopal Group". The New York Times. June 15, 1976.
  3. ↑ "Queens: Teenager Fatally Shot". The New York Times. September 26, 2006.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Bernard B. Siegel, Specialist on Allergies". The New York Times. October 12, 1982.
  5. ↑ "Spring Ball to Help St. Joseph's Hospital". The New York Times. March 11, 1966.
  6. 1 2 3 Vecsey, George (June 14, 1975). "Lawrence, L.I., Bitterly Divided Over Plans For Hospital". New York Times. p. 29. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Far Rockaway's New Hospital Opens". New York Times. June 26, 1905. p. 9. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Far Rockaway's New Hospital Opened". The New York Times. June 26, 1905.
  9. ↑ Lawrence C. Levy (September 7, 1975). "Teaching Hospital Planned In Queens". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ John Rather (November 21, 1999). "Episcopal Health Files for Reorganization". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ Diane Ketcham (August 23, 1987). "Strictly kosher". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Michael Cooper; Sewell Chan (November 28, 2006). "Panel Said to Call for Closing 9 New York Hospitals". The New York Times.
  13. ↑ Sarah Maslin Nir (May 20, 2012). "Down to One Hospital, Rockaway Braces for Summer Crowds". The New York Times.

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