Gracie Square Hospital

Gracie Square Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
Geography
Location	420 East 76th Street, on the Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°46′11″N73°57′10″W / 40.769794°N 73.952856°W / 40.769794; -73.952856
Services
Beds	140
History
Opened	1958
Links
Website	www.nygsh.org
Lists	Hospitals in New York State

Gracie Square Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located at 420 East 76th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The hospital was built and founded by Cynthia Zirinsky, ^[5] a mental health care professional, and her husband Richard Zirinsky, a New York City real-estate developer in 1959. ^{[6] [5]}

About

The hospital had 140 beds for in-patients, as well as units focused on adult and geriatric psychiatry, drug rehabilitation, and short-term care since 2013. ^{[2] [3]}

The hospital had 220 beds when it opened in 1958. ^{[7] [8]} The hospital is a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System. ^[2]

Notable patients

• Eddie Fisher, American singer ^[1]
• Anthony Hecht, American poet ^[9]
• Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer ^[10]
• Phil Ochs, American protest singer and songwriter ^[11]
• Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and political activist ^{[12] [13]}
• Audra McDonald, American actress and singer ^[14]

References

1. Eddie Fisher, David Fisher (2000). Been There, Done That. Macmillan. ISBN   9780312975586 . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
2. "Gracie Square Hospital". Nygsh.org. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
3. "Gracie Square Hospital in New York, NY – US News Best Hospitals". usnews.com. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
4. "Program Gracie Square Hospital Inpatient Unit:". www.nyconnects.ny.gov. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
5. Katz, A. J. (July 15, 2020). "Here's Something You Might Not Have Known About CBS News President Susan Zirinsky" . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
6. "CBS - Conflict of Interest Summary" (PDF). Retrieved May 25, 2019.
7. "The New York Gracie Square Hospital Inc - New York , NY - Business Data". www.dandb.com.
8. Edward Shorter, David Healy (2013). Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   9780813560526 . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
9. Anthony Hecht (2012). The Selected Letters of Anthony Hecht. JHU Press. ISBN   9781421407302 . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
10. Robin Kelley (2009). Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9781439190494 . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
11. David de Leon (1994). Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9780313029172 . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
12. Scott Allen Nollen (January 10, 2014). Paul Robeson: Film Pioneer. ISBN   9780786457472 . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
13. Paul Robeson, Jr. (2009). The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: Quest for Freedom, 1939 – 1976. ISBN   9780470569689 . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
14. "Audra McDonald is the "Luckiest Survivor in the World" | Here's the Thing | WNYC Studios". WNYC Studios. Retrieved October 18, 2018.

External links

• Gracie Square Hospital website