| Elmhurst Hospital Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst 11373, Queens, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°44′41″N 73°53′11″W / 40.74472°N 73.88639°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Public |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center[1] |
| Beds | 545 |
| Public transit access |   New York City Subway:       at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station  New York City Bus: Q32, Q53 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1957 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
| Other links | Hospitals in Queens |
Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC), also known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, is a 545-bed public hospital in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It is one of the 11 acute care hospitals of NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation of the city.
The current structure opened in 1957, assuming the operations of the former City Hospital, founded in 1832 on Roosevelt Island. It was renovated in the 1990s. Elmhurst Hospital Center has frequently suffered from equipment shortages because of its small capacity relative to its catchment area, which includes nearly a million people in northwestern Queens. This led to several incidents, including in March 2020 when Elmhurst Hospital became the "center of the center" of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York state, itself an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.