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| Kings County Hospital Center | |
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| NYC Health + Hospitals | |
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 Building S of the hospital in 2015 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 451 Clarkson Avenue 11203, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°39′24″N 73°56′42″W / 40.65667°N 73.94500°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | SUNY Downstate College of Medicine[1] |
| Network | NYC Health + Hospitals[1] |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 627[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1831[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | nychhc |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
| Other links | Hospitals in Brooklyn |
Kings County Hospital Center is a municipal hospital located in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is owned and operated by NYC Health + Hospitals, a municipal agency that runs New York City's public hospitals. It has been affiliated with SUNY Downstate College of Medicine since Downstate's founding as Long Island College Hospital in 1860.[1] Kings County is a member of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
Kings County was named the country's first Level 1 trauma center.[2] It is also a Designated Stroke Center, Level III Perinatal Center, Designated AIDS Center, Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence, Diabetes Education Center of Excellence, Behavioral Health Center (including inpatient, outpatient with dedicated emergency department) and Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Program Center of Excellence.
Kings County serves the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, with over 510,000 clinic visits and 140,000 emergency department visits in 2015.[1] The hospital provides services to more than 800,000 people in the surrounding communities, including 415,650 in the primary service area of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown Heights, Canarsie, East Flatbush, East New York, Flatbush, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Ethnic diversity among the mostly black and Hispanic population served (94%) by Kings County is high, with large populations from the Caribbean as well as South American and African countries. Accordingly, Kings County employees speak 39 different languages to meet this diverse population's needs.[3]
- ^ a b c d e f "About NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County". City of New York. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
- ^ "History". City of New York. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
- ^ "2013 Community Health Needs Assessment" (PDF). www.nyc.gov. Health and Hospitals Corporation of New York City. 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2015.