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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is a public medical school and hospital in Brooklyn, New York.It is the southernmost member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and the only academic medical center for health education, research, and patient care serving Brooklyn's 2.5 million residents.
The site where the Downstate Medical Center stands was purchased in 1946. In 1950, the state university merged with Long Island College Hospital to form SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. [6] Later, the university was called The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn and the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Brooklyn Hebrew Maternity Hospital, 1395 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn [62] [63] Its prior name was Maternity Hospital of Brownsville and East New York. [62] Brooklyn Women's Hospital August 1, 1930 through 1960s. Brooklyn Home for Consumptives, Kingston Avenue and St. John's Place, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital, 105-111 Cumberland Street ...
University Hospital of Brooklyn at Long Island College Hospital (or LICH) was a 506-bed teaching hospital located in the Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York. The hospital was founded in 1858 as Long Island College Hospital and following years-long attempts to save it through mergers and property development, it ...
Kings County Hospital was born of necessity, dedicated to caring for the underprivileged of Brooklyn. In 1824, New York State established a law requiring several counties, including the County of Kings (Brooklyn), to purchase lands to be used exclusively to house the poor, deferring all potential real estate taxes which could be levied on the land.
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]
One official usage of the term is by the State University of New York ("SUNY") system in the name of its southernmost medical school, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, located in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The New York State Department of Transportation also uses the term.
The Anne Kastor Brooklyn Free Clinic (Brooklyn Free Clinic or BFC) is a student run free clinic located in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY. Nearly all the positions from front desk administration and clinical volunteers to Executive Board are staffed by students from the various colleges of SUNY Downstate Medical Center .