Evangelical Deaconess Hospital

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Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
Geography
Location Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°41′00″N73°54′35″W / 40.6832°N 73.9096°W / 40.6832; -73.9096
History
Closed1950
Links
Lists Hospitals in New York State
Other links List of hospitals in Brooklyn

Evangelical Deaconess Hospital's four-story building on Chauncey Street continued to serve the Bushwick, Brooklyn neighborhood even after the hospital closed in the 1960s. [1]

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History

nearby Chauncey Street train station Chauncey Street; BMT Jamaica - 002.jpg
nearby Chauncey Street train station

Twenty years after the hospital was closed, and the community rejected using it as an overflow for a Bronx-based drug rehab program, [2] the structure was adapted into a temporary relocation facility for "welfare families now in hotels as well as families left homeless by fires." [1] [3]

It subsequently became a homeless men's shelter. [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Steven R. Weisman (February 28, 1971). "Old Bushwick Hospital to Be Used to House Homeless Families". New York Times .
  2. ↑ Iver Peterson (March 4, 1970). "Plan for Addicts Leads to a Sit-In". New York Times . Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  3. ↑ Peter Kihss (January 25, 1971). "Mayor Curbs use of Hotel Housing by City Agencies". New York Times . Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Highland Park and Ridgewood Reservoir". July 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ Wording atop the entranceway has the words "Eddie Harris Residential Facility"


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