Victory Memorial Hospital

Victory Memorial Hospital
Geography
Location	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°36′58″N74°01′22″W / 40.616005529507646°N 74.02266779909796°W / 40.616005529507646; -74.02266779909796
Services
Beds	254
History
Opened	about 1927
Links
Lists	Hospitals in New York State
Other links	List of hospitals in Brooklyn

Victory Memorial Hospital was a 254-bed medical facility. ^[1] It was announced in 2006 that they're closing; ^{[2] [3]} they were acquired by SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 2009 and renamed SUNY Downstate at Bay Ridge. ^[4]

History

Victory Memorial was a not-for-profit, voluntary hospital. ^[1] Most of the hospital's "complex of dun-colored buildings at the southeastern edge of Bay Ridge" were built in 1927, ^[2] but they opened earlier in a single building at their 92nd Street/Seventh Avenue Brooklyn location. ^[5]

In the 1960s, Victory Memorial built a new wing and added 64 beds, with recognition given for "increasing hospital facilities in Brooklyn." ^[6]

On June 25, 2021 Maimonides Medical Center broke ground for a new 15,000 square foot, free standing Emergency Department at Victory. ^[7]

Incidents

• Two patients were murdered in the hospital by the son of one of them in 1999. ^[8]
• The driver and a bystander died when "a tank truck delivering liquid oxygen exploded outside" the hospital. ^[9] A year-long investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board discovered "a complex, explosive chemical reaction, lasting a second or less" described as a "series of events never before observed." ^[10]
• H.I.V.-Tainted blood given "during emergency ulcer surgery." ^[11]
• "The hospital's director of radiology" and "the hospital's assistant director of radiology" pleaded guilty to "failure to file a [tax] return for three years." They ran a side business that "supplies radiology technicians to various health-care providers" (including Victory Memorial). ^[1]

See also

• List of hospitals in Brooklyn

References

1. "2 at a Brooklyn Hospital Are Guilty of Tax Scam". The New York Times . Associated Press. April 12, 1988.
2. Alex Mindlin (December 3, 2006). "Dark Days at the Baby Hospital". The New York Times .
3. Sarah Kershaw (September 29, 2007). "Hospitals Due to Close Are Given Money". The New York Times .
4. Anemona Hartocollis (January 17, 2013). "Audit, Citing Mismanagement, Finds SUNY Downstate in Dire Fiscal Straits". The New York Times . Retrieved February 2, 2021.
5. "HAY FEVER CLINIC OPENS IN BROOKLYN; Victory Memorial Hospital First to Offer Free Scientific Diagnosis. FOR ASTHMA PATIENTS, TOO Source of Infection to Be Determined So Private Physicians May Treat Correctly". The New York Times . August 17, 1923.
6. "Hospital Officials to Be Honored". The New York Times . May 3, 1964.
7. "Maimonides breaks ground at former Victory Memorial Hospital site • Brooklyn Paper". www.brooklynpaper.com. June 30, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2025.
8. Kit R. Roane (July 4, 1999). "Son Is Accused of Killing His Father And 2d Man". The New York Times .
9. Robert D. McFadden (May 31, 1970). "Tank Truck Blast kills 2, Hurts 40". The New York Times .
10. Robert Lindsay (May 23, 1971). "1970 Blast Cause is found by U.S." The New York Times .
11. Mary B. W. Tabor (August 30, 1992). "Settlement in Lawsuit on H.I.V.-Tainted Blood". The New York Times .