Doctors Hospital (1929–2004) was a hospital located at 170 East End Avenue, between 87th and 88th Streets opposite

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, New York City. It served as the primary maternity hospital for uptown Manhattan births ( Manhattan General served as such for

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). It was also known as a "fashionable treatment center for the well-to-do."

History

The 14-floor hospital was founded in 1929 as Doctors Hospital. Patients included Huguette Clark,

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, Werner Hegemann, Oveta Culp Hobby, Charna Eisenberg and

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. Additional names treated or those that died at Doctors Hospital were Theodore Hardeen, also known as Hardeen,

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's brother and a magician in his own right, who died at the age of 69 after a routine surgery in 1945. Socialite Ann Woodward, wife of banking heir William Woodward, Jr., was treated for shock at Doctors Hospital in 1955 after mistakenly shooting her husband. It was acquired by

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in 1987. In 2001, the medical facility had about 210 beds and more than 800 employees. The hospital was closed in August 2004, and sold along with two nearby apartment buildings for $166.5 million. The building was razed in 2005, and replaced with a new 19-story, 110-unit residential condominium building in 2008.

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Defunct hospitals in Manhattan Demolished buildings and structures in Manhattan Hospital buildings completed in 1929 Hospitals established in 1929 1929 establishments in New York City Hospitals disestablished in 2004 2004 disestablishments in New York (state) Buildings and structures demolished in 2005 {{Manhattan-struct-stub