Neponsit Beach Hospital

Neponsit Beach Hospital
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Geography
Location149–25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
Coordinates40°34′07″N 73°51′53″W / 40.568673°N 73.864740°W / 40.568673; -73.864740
Organization
FundingPublic
TypeTuberculosis hospital (former)
Nursing home (former)
History
Opened1915 (as hospital)[1]
1961[2] (as nursing home)
Closed1955 (as hospital)
1998 (as nursing home)[3]
Links
Websitewww.nychealthandhospitals.org/queens/
ListsHospitals in New York State
Other linksHospitals in Queens

Neponsit Beach Hospital, also known as Neponsit Beach Hospital for Children, Neponsit Hospital, Neponsit Children's Hospital,[4] and various other names, was a former municipal tuberculosis sanatorium located adjacent to Jacob Riis Park and the Neponsit community on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York City. Originally oriented towards the treatment of children, the hospital treated military veterans during and after World War II, but closed in 1955 due to a declining need for tuberculosis hospitals. Afterwards, it operated as the Neponsit Home for the Aged,[2][5] later the Neponsit Health Care Center, a city-run nursing home until its controversial closure in 1998. The hospital was demolished in 2023.

  1. ^ Emil R. Lucev (2007). The Rockaways. Arcadia Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7385-4990-3. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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