Hillcrest General Hospital

Hillcrest General Hospital[1][2] was opened around 1962[3] by a physician who "was chief of medicine there for 25 years."[4] Hillcrest, a private hospital,[5] was then sold to an investor, who leased it to Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic. Osteopathic previously had acquired another hospital [6] to which they subsequently relocated, and the 5-story building[7] became St. Joseph's Hospital in 1985.[3]

Hillcrest General Hospital
Geography
LocationQueens, New York, United States
History
Opened1962
Closed2007
Links
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksList of hospitals in Queens

GHI[8] owned Hillcrest during the Osteopathic period.[9][10]

St. Joseph's Hospital

An April 2004 plan to "in the next year" close the hospital[11] materialized sooner.[12][13] St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers had "run the hospital since 2000"[14] and concluded it "sits near several other hospitals, so its closing may not have much effect on health care in the community."[11] In 2007 the facility, after unsuccessful to at least provide services "that do not require patients to stay overnight in the hospital"[14] was repurposed for use by Cornerstone of Medical Arts Center Hospital,[7] although the community was "particularly worried about drug-abuse and alcoholism patients being within a few blocks of" schools.[12]

Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic

Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic had their own locations prior to leasing Hillcrest's building, including one they bought in 1954. [6][15][16]

References
  1. "Shmuel Lapin, 43, Expert on Yiddish". The New York Times. February 6, 1973.
  2. "Deaths". The New York Times. April 1, 2008. was the Director of Anesthesiology at Hillcrest General Hospital (later St. Josephs) for 30 years
  3. Hospitals, Queens Co., St. Joseph's Hospital. OCLC 669976415. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  4. Carlotta Mohamed (July 28, 2020). "Queens councilman awards Holliswood centenarian with citation on 101st birthday". Queens Courier.
  5. Ronald Sullivan (July 14, 1984). "EMPLOYEES STRIKE AT 27 HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK CITY". The New York Times.
  6. "OSTEOPATHS BUY A HOSPITAL HERE; Le Roy Sanitarium, Le Roy Sanitarium, 40 East 61st St., to Be Branch of Their Downtown Clinic". The New York Times. March 9, 1954. a proprietary hospital at 40 East Sixty-first Street
  7. "City Planning Commission: ... Zoning Map, Section No. 14c" (PDF). February 5, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2021. a five-story building currently occupied by Cornerstone of Medical Arts Center, an in-patient alcohol and substance abuse treatment facility. The building formerly housed Hillcrest General Hospital.
  8. Group Health Incorporated
  9. "Group Health Inc. v. Blue Cross Ass'n, 587 F. Supp. 887 (S.D.N.Y. 1984)". June 13, 1984. In 1974, GHI purchased Hillcrest General Hospital
  10. "DEWEY v. HILLCREST GEN. HOSP". February 22, 1994. Hillcrest General Hospital-G.H.I. Group Health Incorporated
  11. Richard Perez-Pena (April 16, 2004). "St. Vincent's To Close 2 Hospitals In Network". The New York Times.
  12. Jeff Vandam (April 1, 2007). "No Welcome Wagon for a Rehab Center". The New York Times.
  13. "Where to Find Medical Records for Closed Hospitals in New York State" (PDF). Hillcrest General Hospital, 158-40 79th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11366;
    Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic, 158-40 79th Ave, Flushing, NY 11366;
    SVCMC - St. Joseph's Division, 158-40 79th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11366
  14. Cynthia Koons (April 21, 2004). "St. Joseph's set to close in Flushing". Queens Courier.
  15. "Deaths". The New York Times. May 2, 1978. of The Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic of New York (Leroy Hospital)
  16. "Weekender Guide". The New York Times. September 17, 1976. sponsored by Le Roy Hospital, a division of the Osteopathic Hospital and Clinic


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