NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
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NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, stylized as NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens (NYP/Q or NYP/Queens),[4][5] is a not-for-profit[6] acute care and teaching hospital affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens in New York City. Formerly operating as Booth Memorial Hospital and New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ),[4] it is located on the northeast corner of Main Street and Booth Memorial Avenue.
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens | |
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NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System | |
Geography | |
Location | 56-45 Main Street Flushing, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 40.747156°N 73.825599°W / 40.747156; -73.825599 |
Organization | |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Weill Cornell Medical College |
Services | |
Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
Beds | 535[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1892 (as Rescue Home for Women)[2] March 13, 1919 (as Booth Memorial Hospital (Manhattan))[3] February 6, 1957 (as Booth Memorial Hospital (Queens))[2] May 1993 (as New York Hospital Queens)[2] July 1, 2015 (as NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens)[1] |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Other links | Hospitals in Queens |
The hospital was formed in 1892 as the Rescue Home for Women, becoming known as Booth Memorial Hospital in 1919. The current Queens campus opened in 1957. The NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System had assumed control of the Booth Memorial Hospital until 2015, when the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, headquartered in Manhattan, assumed control and made the Booth Memorial Hospital a Queens campus.[1][4]