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In 1938, plans were drawn up to build a facility for children who had an intellectual disability on 375 acres (152 ha) in the Willowbrook section of Staten Island. . Construction was completed in 1942, but instead of opening for its original purpose, it was converted into a United States Army hospital, and named Halloran General Hospital, after the late Colonel Paul Stacey
Seaview Hospital is a historic hospital complex in Willowbrook on Staten Island, New York. [2] The original complex was planned and built between 1905 and 1938 and was the largest and most costly municipal facility for the treatment of tuberculosis of its date in the United States.
The island was privately owned; [7] however, it had largely been abandoned after attempts at development in the 1820s. [4] [5] In the 1840s, typhus patients from Staten Island began to be received by a number of private hospitals established on the island, but these were very poorly maintained. [23]
Bayley Seton Hospital (BSH) was a hospital in Stapleton, Staten Island, New York City. It was a part of the Bayley Seton campus of Richmond University Medical Center but is permanently closed. The campus was established in 1831 as a U.S Marine Hospital, and the current main building was constructed in the 1930s. In 1981, it became a private ...
Defunct hospitals in Staten Island (5 P) ... Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic; S. St. Francis Hospital (New York City)
The Kings Park Psychiatric Center was established in 1885 by Kings County in nearby Suffolk County, adjoining the Society of St. Johnland established by William Augustus Muhlenberg, prior to the consolidation of Kings County with Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx, to form modern New York City. The official name of the hospital in ...
The Troubled-Teen Industry Has Been A Disaster For Decades. It's Still Not Fixed.
Doctor's Hospital of Staten Island, 1050 Targee Street, Staten Island. Founded as Sunnyside Hospital in 1940, moved to make way for the Staten Island Expressway in 1940 and relocated to Targee Street in 1963, merged with Staten Island University Hospital, closed in 2003. The building was demolished and is now Public School 48. [15] [16]