Haym Salomon Nursing Home
is a long-term
nursing home
A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of elderly or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as skilled nursing facility (SNF) or long-term care facilities. Often, these terms have slightly different meanings to in ...
and short-term medical rehabilitation facility located in
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by 14th Avenue, on the northeast by 60th Street, on the southeast by Avenue P and 22nd ...
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History
It was named after Haym Salomon
Haym Salomon (also Solomon; anglicized from Chaim Salomon; April 7, 1740 – January 6, 1785) was a Polish-born Jewish businessman and political financial broker who assisted the Superintendent of Finance, English-born Robert Morris, as the prim ...
(17401785), a Jewish businessman and political financial broker who was involved in the American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
. The facility, also known as ''Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation'', moved from an earlier location.[moved from 1625 Shore Parkway to
current location 2340 Cropsey Ave ] In 1982 ''The New York Times
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'' described it as bankrupt.[ In the following decades they continued operation,][ even through the ]COVID-19
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pandemic.
See also
* Sephardic Home for the Aged
References
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Nursing homes in the United States
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn