St. Mary's Children's Hospital, which was founded in 1870,
was described in 2020 as "As New York City’s only post-acute pediatric care facility."
Manhattan
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location to Queens
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. Despite its name, its has specialized programs for teens and also for seniors. During the 2020 Coronavirus
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period, due to parts of their facility being
"regulated as an adult nursing home," many of their programs closed March 2020 through May 2021.
History
They began as "a small, 15-bed hospital in Hell’s Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton, is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the e ...
" in 1870.[
The hospital's parent's name is St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children,][ and their programs include
"to provide children with special healthcare needs."]
References
History of Queens, New York
Hospitals in Queens, New York
Children's hospitals in New York (state)
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