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The Brooklyn Free Clinic (BFC) was formed in 2006 by a group of medical students at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Located in Central Brooklyn, an area whose surrounding neighborhoods have some of the highest rates of uninsurance in the City. [2] The initial driving mission of the clinic was to serve these uninsured populations.
The modern neighborhoods bearing these names are located roughly in the center of each of these original towns. Certain portions of the original six towns were also independent municipalities for a time, before being reabsorbed. Following an 1894 referendum, the entire consolidated City of Brooklyn became a borough of New York City in 1898.
A free clinic or walk in clinic is a health care facility in the United States offering services to economically disadvantaged individuals for free or at a nominal cost. The need for such a clinic arises in societies where there is no universal healthcare, and therefore a social safety net has arisen in its place. [ 1 ]
Interfaith Medical Center is a hospital located in Brooklyn, New York.With facilities in Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Prospect Heights, it is a full-service non-profit community hospital that has 287 beds [1] and serves more than 11,000 inpatients each year. [2]
The largest number of hospitals are in New York City. [1] The January 1, 2022 listing by the New York Health Department of general hospitals covered by the New York Healthcare Reform Act show 165 hospitals 63 closed hospitals, and 51 hospitals that had been merged with other hospitals.
Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, 29 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn. Opened in 1868. Now a nursing home. [61] 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.
See New York-Presbyterian/Queens Hospital, in the section on hospitals in Queens above. [37] Boulevard Hospital, 46-04 31st Avenue, Astoria, Queens. [38] Now private medical offices. Deepdale General Hospital, 55-15 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, Queens. Built in 1959. Renamed Little Neck Hospital in 1991, closed in 1996. Now senior housing ...
Brooklyn, Queens: Postal code: 11222, 11101, 11104, 11377, 11372, 11373, 11368, 11354: Nearest metro station: Greenpoint Avenue Flushing Line Roosevelt/74th West end: West Street in Greenpoint: Major junctions: I-495 in Long Island City NY 25 (Queens Boulevard) in Sunnyside Grand Central Parkway in Willets Point: East end