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Manhattan State Hospital can refer to two New York State run psychiatric hospitals for residents of Manhattan that now have different names following state takeovers in the 1890s: Manhattan Psychiatric Center on Wards Island in New York City; Central Islip Psychiatric Center in Central Islip, New York
The Manhattan Psychiatric Center is a New York-state run psychiatric hospital on Wards Island in New York City. As of 2009, it was licensed for 509 beds, but holds only around 200 patients. The current building is 17 stories tall. [1] The building strongly resembles the main building of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens.
Belle Harbor is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the borough. Belle Harbor commonly refers to the area from Beach 126th to Beach 141st Streets. [2] The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 14. [3]
Manhattan Psychiatric Center, 600 East 125th Street, Ward's Island, Manhattan. Opened as The New York City Asylum for the Insane in July 1868, renamed Manhattan State Hospital on February 28, 1896, renamed Manhattan Psychiatric Center and split into Dunlap, Kirby, and Meyer divisions in the 1970s. [30] [31] [32] [33]
A third hospital on Wards Island, Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane, opened in 1871 [81] or 1872 [82] and was located near the middle of the island. [76] The hospital's first building was a three-story Gothic stone structure west of the Inebriate Asylum. [82] By the early 1870s, there were reports that asylum patients were being abused. [83]
The oldest hospital in New York State and also oldest hospital in the United States is the Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, established in 1736. The hospital with the largest number of staffed beds is the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, with 2,678 beds in its hospital complex.
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center is a maximum-security facility for the mentally ill on Wards Island in New York City, [1] operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health as one of two psychiatric hospitals in the state that treat felony patients. [2] The building, described as "fortresslike", is adjacent to the Manhattan Psychiatric ...
Elmhurst Hospital Center, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, Queens. Opened as Elmhurst General Hospital on March 18, 1957. [11] The Floating Hospital, 41-40 27th Street, Long Island City, Queens. Founded in 1872 or 1873. [12] Flushing Hospital Medical Center, 4500 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, Queens. Founded as Flushing Hospital in 1884, opened in 1888.