Seaview Hospital was a historic

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, now a national historic district located at Willowbrook on

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. The complex was planned and built between 1905 and 1938 and was the largest and most costly municipal facility for the treatment of tuberculosis of its date in the United States.

Historic district

The historic district encompasses 37 contributing buildings and one

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. The main buildings are located along a north–south axis along Brielle Avenue and many are in the

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style. The north group of buildings include * Administration Building (1913) * Surgical Pavilion (1913) * Nurses Residence (1913, addition 1932) Currently an independent living senior complex, Parklane at Seaview. * Staff House (1913) * Power House / Laundry and Ambulance Complex (1912, addition 1935) * Kitchen and Dining Hall Group (1912) * Women's Pavilions (1909-1911) Sanatorium additions include * Auditorium or "New Dining Hall" (1917, now known as Colony Hall) * Group Building (1917) * Men's and Women's Open Air Pavilions (1917) Later buildings include the Catholic Chapel and Rectory (1928) * City Mission Chapel or Chapel of St. Luke the Physician (1934) * Pathology Lab (1927-1928) * Children's Hospital (1935-1937) * Sputum House (1911 / 1932) * Richmond County Isolation Hospital (1928) ''Note:'' This includes an
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and It was designated, with its grounds, a City Landmark in 1985 and added to the

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in 2005.

Current usage

After many years of being shuttered and empty, the Seaview Hospital has slowly opened its doors again to care for the community with a rehabilitation center, nursing home, independent living facility, volunteer fire company and Volunteer Ambulance Service. At the site of the former Seaview Hospital, today the ''Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center & Home'' operates a long-term care facility. The facility houses the first Long Term Care Brain Injury rehabilitation center in the Downstate area. The Facility is run by the Health and Hospital Corporation and patrol by HHC Officers. In 2001 it was used as a filming location for the song

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Volunteer Fire Company

* A small volunteer fire company called the Metropolitan Fire Association ("Metro Fire") is located on the grounds of the Seaview complex. Metro Fire responds primarily to rescue calls, search & rescue calls for lost persons and performs fire patrols on the seaview campus as well as Fire hydrant clearing during snow fall. Metro Fire also maintain a fire explorer post which teaches children under 18 about firefighting and EMS careers.

Volunteer Ambulance

* Volunteer Heart Ambulance Company is headquartered in the Seaview complex. Volunteer heart ambulance provides volunteer Basic Life Support Emergency Medical Care to the seaview complex and the surrounding community

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