Morris Heights Health Center

Burnside Avenue Site (Main)

In May, 1987, the Center opened its 33,000-square-foot headquarters at 85 West Burnside. The location was previously the site the RKO Theater, next as the Burnside Manor catering hall, a school, and eventually serving as the center's main primary healthcare site.

The first Morris Heights Health Center location opened its doors in March 1981 at 70 West Burnside Avenue, now known as the Women's Health Pavilion. It first began as a childbearing and birthing center that served over 3,500 patients a year, and now handles a broader range of women's health issues.[3]

Morris Heights Health Center: Harrison Circle Site

In 2010, the six story, 112,000-sq. foot facility opened its doors. The facility holds 71 unit housing center for seniors, and also houses Article 31 mental health services and several specialty services .[4]

Walton Site

In 1997, MHHC opened a facility located at Walton Avenue and East 183rd Street. It offers primary care, behavioral health, dental care, case management, patient navigation and other supportive services at this location.

In April 2013, the center opened MHHC @ 233rd Street, a primary care health center at 825 E 233rd Street in the Borough of the Bronx.[5] It had operated as the Pedro Espada Medical Center) before closing its doors in May 2012. The center provides primary care, behavioral health, and supportive services.

While the building was built in 1931, the center opened its doors for business in January 2004 at St. Ann's at 625 East 137th Street at this location. The MHHC clinic occupies 5,000 square feet and offers health care services including primary care, behavioral health, dental, family planning, patient navigation and other supportive services.

In March 2014, MHHC opened its 7th clinical site located at 779 Melrose Avenue Bronx, NY 10451.[6] The clinic is open to all residents of the Bronx but primarily serves community residents in the High Bridge and Morrisania neighborhoods of the South Bronx. It offers primary care, behavioral health and other supportive services in over 7,600 square feet of space.

The center's School Based Health Program operates 19 school based health centers ) in NYC Department of Education locations in the Bronx. Each includes a primary care provider, a social worker and a medical assistant, as well as a health educator and dentist in some locations. Services include chronic disease management, preventive healthcare, complete physical examinations, mental health services, reproductive health and health education.