Knickerbocker Hospital

Knickerbocker Hospital
The Hospital in 1886, known as J. Hood Wright Memorial Hospital at the time.
Map
Geography
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Coordinates40°48′57″N 73°57′11″W / 40.815825°N 73.953000°W / 40.815825; -73.953000
Organization
TypeGeneral
Services
Beds228
History
Former name(s)
  • Manhattan Dispensary (1862)
  • Manhattan Hospital (1885)
  • J. Hood Wright Memorial Hospital (1895)
  • Knickerbocker Hospital (1913)
  • Arthur C. Logan Memorial Hospital (1974)
Opened1862
Closed1979
Links
ListsHospitals in New York State
Other linksHospitals in Manhattan

The Knickerbocker Hospital[1][2] was a 228-bed hospital[3] in New York City located at 70 Convent Avenue, corner of West 131st Street in Harlem, serving primarily poor and immigrant patients.[4][5]

  1. ^ C. Gerald Fraser (December 4, 1971). "Knickerbocker Hospital Says Debts May Force It to Close". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "1,000 ALCOHOLICS AIDED; Knickerbocker Hospital Shows Wider Services in 1953". The New York Times. May 9, 1954.
  3. ^ "City and State Seek to Aid Knickerbocker Hospital". The New York Times. November 24, 1972.
  4. ^ "Knickerbocker Hospital: An inspiration for Cinemax's The Knick". The Bowery Boys. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Journal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).