Adelphi Hospital

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Adelphi Hospital
Adelphi Hospital
Geography
Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°41′10″N73°58′15″W / 40.686187276116314°N 73.97069481817907°W / 40.686187276116314; -73.97069481817907
History
Opened1929
Closed1974
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Adelphi Hospital, in 1940 census document 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - New York - Kings County - ED 24-1156A, ED 24-1156B, ED 24-1156C, ED 24-1157, ED 24-1158 - NARA - 5852525.jpg
Adelphi Hospital, in 1940 census document

Adelphi Hospital was a 146-bed voluntary hospital that opened in 1929 at 50 Green Avenue and closed in 1974. It "served the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn." [1] [2] [3] The hospital was in "a seven-story, fireproof building" and was located at "the corner of Greene Ave and Adelphi St." [4] [5]

History

For five years, covering three contracts, [1] the hospital and a union for nonprofessional employees went through a strike [6] [7] about which The New York Times used the word tinderbox . [8] The situation "emptied most beds in the hospital and forced many strikers to seek welfare assistance." [9]

The Brooklyn Public Library archive noted that

The hospital's 54 Green Avenue property housed its Adelphi Mental Health Clinic. In 1978 the building was landmarked and subsequently was listed on city records as an office building. [11]

After the hospital closed, part of it served as a medical center run by Josephine English, "the first African-American licensed obstetrician/gynecologist in New York State." [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 David C. Berliner (May 5, 1974). "Closing of Hospital Is Bitter". New York Times .
  2. "EDWARD J. BRADLEY; A Leader in Amateur Sports in Queens and Nassau Counties". New York Times . April 10, 1938.
  3. "MORRIS WEINTROB, S6EON, 52, DE; Associate of Adelphi Hospital in Brooklyn Also Served the Jewish Sanitarium There". New York Times . April 9, 1953.
  4. "To remodel hospital".
  5. 1 2 "To remodel hospital".
  6. "6 PICKETS SEIZED AT HOSPITAL HERE; Charged With Harassing Police in Adelphi Strike". New York Times . January 24, 1969.
  7. "Adelphi Hospital Is Free of Pickets As Dispute Is Ended". New York Times . February 26, 1969.
  8. Robert Lewis (February 26, 1969). "Adelphi Hospital Strike". New York Times .
  9. Peter Millones (February 20, 1969). "ADELPHI HOSPITAL IS HURT BY STRIKE; Most Beds Empty -- Many Employes on Welfare". New York Times .
  10. "Premium babies". March 9, 1942.
  11. "Building of the Day: 54 Greene Avenue, More Than Meets the Eye". Brownstoner Magazine . June 17, 2005.
  12. Suzanne Spellen (December 20, 2011). "Building of the Day: 40 Greene Avenue". Brownstoner Magazine . Retrieved March 23, 2021.