Adelphi Hospital was a 146-bed
voluntary hospital Voluntary hospitals were created from the eighteenth century in England. In America, Ireland, and Australia, voluntary hospitals were established later. They can be distinguished from municipal hospitals, which were publicly owned, and private hosp ...
that opened in 1929 at 50 Green Avenue and closed in 1974. It "served the Fort Greene section of
Brooklyn
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."
The hospital was in "a seven-story, fireproof building" and was located at "the corner of Greene Ave and Adelphi St."
History
For five years, covering three contracts,
[ the hospital and a union for nonprofessional employees went through
a strike about which '']The New York Times
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'' used the word ''tinderbox
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''.Brooklyn Public Library
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'' archive noted that
* an anonymous philanthropist funded giving $5 "to every baby born in Adelphi Hospital."
* the hospital remodeled in 1941, adding "additional operating rooms, new laboratories" and a solarium.[
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.
After the hospital closed, part of it served as a medical center run by ]Josephine English
Josephine English (December 17, 1920 - December 18, 2011) was an American gynecologist who was the first black woman to open a private practice in New York. She was also known for her work in real estate and health care, in addition to her phila ...
, "the first African-American licensed obstetrician/gynecologist in New York State."
References
Defunct hospitals in Brooklyn
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