Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center

Description

The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is a nonprofit 501 medical services provider in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. Brookdale’s primary and secondary service areas together comprise 1 million residents. It serves most of Eastern Brooklyn.Brookdale is one of Brooklyn's largest voluntary nonprofit teaching hospitals and a regional tertiary care center. It provides 24-hour emergency services, numerous outpatient programs and long-term specialty care.Brookdale is one of Brooklyn’s largest full service emergency departments and one of 15 Level 1 Trauma Centers in New York City. It is one of 14 New York State DOH designated Stroke Centers in Brooklyn. It provides numerous outpatient Ambulatory care services in both on campus and off site facilities. Brookdale specializes in rehabilitative medicine and long-term specialty care in its Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation and in addition is home to 86 units of assisted living and independent housing in the Arlene and David Schlang Pavilion.Brookdale opened on April 11, 1921 with one building housing 75 beds between Brownsville, East New York, and Canarsie. Originally called the Brownsville and East New York Hospital, it was renamed Beth-El Hospital in 1932. The hospital, under the directorship of Jacob Rutstein, greatly expanded its facilities at that time. It became Brookdale Hospital in 1963, and Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in 1971. In 1993, Brookdale opened the first designated long term AIDS center in Brooklyn. It was later renamed the Treatment for Life Center. The Radutzky Emergency Care Pavilion was dedicated in 1982, and was designated a Level I Trauma Center in the same year. A major expansion was completed in 2004. In 2005 Brookdale became a 911 receiving Stroke Center.