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Peninsula Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as Rockaway Beach Hospital and Peninsula General Hospital, was a community hospital in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York. PHC, founded in 1908, which opened on April 30, 1911, [ 1 ] was an affiliate of the MediSys Health Network at the time of its 2012 closure.
Neponsit Beach Hospital, also known as Neponsit Beach Hospital for Children, Neponsit Hospital, Neponsit Children's Hospital, [4] and various other names, was a former municipal tuberculosis sanatorium located adjacent to Jacob Riis Park and the Neponsit community on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York City.
Peninsula Hospital, 51-15 Beach Channel Drive, Far Rockaway, Queens. Opened as Rockaway Beach Hospital at 152 Beach 85th Street in Far Rockaway, Queens, on April 30, 1911, renamed Peninsula Hospital and moved to 51-15 Beach Channel Drive on June 12, 1960, and closed in April 2012. Since 2014, an extended care and rehabilitation center. [59] [60 ...
During the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 years that Long Island Jewish operated South Shore, Peninsula Hospital attempted to take over this Far Rockaway hospital. [8]Regarding the need for a replacement for the century-old hospital [6] The New York Times wrote in 1976 that a clash between "officials said they could not continue to operate in the old structure" and voters who "feared a new hospital would bring ...
Neponsit Beach Hospital (pictured) was opened in 1915 on Riis Park land, before major park development. What is now the site of Jacob Riis Park on the western Rockaway Peninsula was under water as recently as the early 19th century.
It is named for the Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk, which is the largest urban beach in the United States, stretching from Beach 3rd to Beach 153rd Streets on the Atlantic Ocean. [2] The neighborhood, with 13,000 residents as of 2010 [update] , is also known as the "Irish Riviera" because of its large Irish American population.
Emil Robert Lucev (September 27, 1933 – June 7, 2018) was an American journalist and historian of Far Rockaway.His work includes study of the early amusement parks created by LaMarcus Adna Thompson and George C. Tilyou, the restoration and history of the Cornell Cemetery, and other features of The Rockaways, and his newspaper articles in The Wave of Long Island.
The Far Rockaway branch at 1003 Beach 20th Street (temporary location). [130] The old library at Central Avenue is being replaced with a new structure, and construction started in November 2018. [131] The Peninsula branch at 92-25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard [132] The Seaside branch at 116-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard [133]