New York City Children's Center

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New York City Children's Center
New York State Office of Mental Health
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Geography
LocationMultiple campuses in New York City, New York City, New York, United States
Organization
Care system Public
Type Psychiatric hospital
Links
Website omh.ny.gov/omhweb/facilities/nyccc/
Lists Hospitals in New York State

New York City Children's Center (NYCCC) is a state-operated psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents in New York City, operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). [1] It provides inpatient and outpatient mental and behavioral health services through multiple campuses in the city. It has a fixed 184-bed capacity and a budgeted capacity for 92 beds as of 2025. [2] [3]

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History

Queens campus

The center's Queens campus traces its origins to the opening of the Queens Children's Hospital in February 1970; it was renamed the Queens Children's Psychiatric Center in 1975. [4]

In the early 2000s, proposals to relocate the Queens Children's Psychiatric Center to the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus drew local opposition; a 2002 report stated the relocation would not be included in the state budget and the facility would remain at its existing site. [5]

Bronx campus

NYCCC's Bronx campus was established at the Bronx Behavioral Health Campus in an OMH facility complex that included a children's psychiatric center. In 2016, it had a capacity for 86 beds. [6]

In 2022, there were statewide reductions in children's state-hospital psychiatric beds under New York's OMH "Transformation Plan," with the most significant reduction occurring at NYCCC in 2021. [7] [8]

In 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul's office announced the opening of a state-funded 21-bed inpatient psychiatric facility for youth at the NYCCC Bronx campus, operated by Montefiore Medical Center. [9]

Brooklyn campus

The Brooklyn campus is on the site of the former Brooklyn Children's Psychiatric Center, which was reconfigured into the Brooklyn Children's Center as part of a shift away from what was underutilized inpatient capacity toward expanded community-based services for children and families in Kings County. [10]

Consolidation

Under Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2012 there was a consolidation of the Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center, the Queens Children's Psychiatric Center, and the Brooklyn Children's Center into a single entity -- the New York City Children's Psychiatric Center/New York City Children's Center. [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New York City Children's Center (NYCCC)". New York State Office of Mental Health. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Office of Mental Health: Monthly Report (Transformation Plan)" (PDF). New York State Office of Mental Health. May 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Office of Mental Health: Monthly Report (Transformation Plan)" (PDF). New York State Office of Mental Health. April 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "J6340 (2009): Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Queens Children's Psychiatric Center". New York State Senate. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ Kramer, Adam (January 31, 2002). "Queens kids' psych center not moving to Creedmoor". QNS. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ Anthony, Madeline (January 22, 2016). "Bronx Behavioral Health Center unveiled, helps patients and community". Bronx Times. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ Kramer, Abigail (March 28, 2022). "Cuomo Set Out to "Transform" Mental Health Care for Kids. Now They Can't Get Treatment". ProPublica. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ Kramer, Abigail; Poblete, Gabriel (June 23, 2022). "'We're at a Crisis Point': NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures". THE CITY. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Mental Health Milestone: Governor Hochul Announces 1,000 Psychiatric Beds Opened Across New York Since Taking Office". Governor Kathy Hochul. November 24, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ "New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Mental Health – 2010 Annual Report" (PDF). New York State Assembly. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  11. ↑ FY 2012 Continuing Disclosure (PDF) (Report). New York State. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
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