NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn
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NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn is a full-service, 450-bed academic teaching hospital in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. Formerly named NYU Lutheran Medical Center, it functions as the hub of Lutheran Healthcare, which itself is part of NYU Langone Health, which is one of the largest healthcare systems in the Northeast.
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NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn | |
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NYU Langone Medical Center | |
Geography | |
Location | 150 55th Street, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 40.646578°N 74.020658°W / 40.646578; -74.020658 |
Organization | |
Care system | Private |
Funding | Non-profit hospital |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | NYU School of Medicine |
Network | NYU Langone Medical Center |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
Beds | 450 |
History | |
Opened | 1883 (1883) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Other links | Hospitals in Brooklyn |
Many of the hospital's staff members are bilingual/bicultural, speaking languages such as Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and Russian, reflecting the diversity of Sunset Park.[1][2] NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn offers a range of clinical programs, including a New York State designated Stroke Center, Regional Trauma Center, interventional and therapeutic cardiac catheterization laboratory, orthopedics and a Bariatric Center of Excellence.[3] It treated 75,808 patients in 2011,[3] and has one of the busiest emergency departments in Brooklyn, treating approximately 80,000 patients a year.[4]