Lincoln Hospital (Bronx)

Lincoln Hospital
NYC Health + Hospitals
View of the hospital from East 149th Street
Map
Geography
Location234 East 149th Street,
The Bronx, New York, United States
Coordinates40°49′N 73°55′W / 40.817°N 73.917°W / 40.817; -73.917
Organization
FundingPublic hospital
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityWeill Cornell Medical College[1]
New York College of Podiatric Medicine
NetworkNYC Health + Hospitals[1]
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds362[1]
Public transit access New York City Subway:
"4" train"2" train​"5" train at 149th Street–Grand Concourse station
Bus interchange New York City Bus: Bx1, Bx2, Bx19, Bx32, BxM4
History
Former name(s)
  • The Home for the Colored Aged (1839)
  • The Colored Home and Hospital (1882)
  • Lincoln Hospital and Home (1902)
  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Opened
  • 1839[2]
  • 1898 (first Bronx campus)
  • 1976 (second Bronx campus)
Links
Websitenychhc.org/lincoln
ListsHospitals in New York State
Other linksHospitals in The Bronx

Lincoln Hospital is a full service medical center and teaching hospital affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College, in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City, New York.[3] The medical center is municipally owned by NYC Health + Hospitals.[1]

Lincoln is known for innovative programs addressing the specific needs of the community it serves, aggressively tackling such issues as asthma, obesity, cancer, diabetes and tuberculosis.[1] Staffed by a team of more than 300 physicians, the hospital has an inpatient capacity of 347 beds, including 20 neonatal intensive care beds, 23 intensive care beds, 8 pediatric intensive care beds, 7 coronary care beds, and an 11-station renal dialysis unit.[1] With over 144,000 emergency department visits annually, Lincoln has the busiest single-site emergency department in New York City and the third-busiest in the nation.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "About Lincoln". Government of New York City. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference lincoln-history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Weill Cornell Medical College of Medical Affiliated Institutions and Departments". Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  4. ^ David Stephenson Rohde (April 20, 1998). "Trauma Centers Short of Patients As New York's Crime Rate Drops". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  5. ^ Winnie Hu (May 28, 2014). "Cool and Calm at Center of an Emergency Room. Maelstrom in the Bronx". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-06-27.