Shore Road Hospital

Shore Road Hospital was a 93-bed private hospital in Brooklyn, New York City, which opened in 1924 and was demolished in 1977. [1][2][3] "Although it was a full service hospital, it specialized in maternity care." [3]

Shore Road Hospital
Geography
LocationBrooklyn, New York, United States
Services
Beds93
History
Opened1924
Demolished1977
Links
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksList of hospitals in Brooklyn

History
Shore Road Hospital, in a 1940 census document

The hospital attempted to advance state of the art in this and other areas, including:

  • use of temporary artificial sunburns in place of tags and footprints; the effect would last for two weeks.[4]
  • new forms of anesthesia for women giving birth[3]
  • experimental injections to treat varicose veins.[5]

The hospital's building previously was a mansion "built around 1910 to 1911"[3] and later owned by John J. Raskob.[2] Conversion was done by Charles Greenfield, who operated Shore Road Hospital for 43 years.[1] The hospital's grounds were large enough to accommodate constructing housing for nurses and other employees.[3]

The main structure was razed in 1977. Once "the entire hospital complex was torn down"[3] a 558-unit apartment house was built on the three-acre site:[2] Shore Hill Apartments.[3] Plans for a taller building had previously met community resistance.[6]

References
  1. "Charles Greenfield". New York Times. April 15, 1979.
  2. Carter B. Horsley (January 7, 1979). "Small, Failing Hospitals Are Valuable Sites For Developers". New York Times.
  3. Suzanne Spellen (aka Montrose Morris) (April 25, 2014). "Past and Present: Shore Road Hospital". Brownstoner Magazine.
  4. "BABIES 'BRANDED' TO GUARD IDENTIFY; Harmless Rays Marking Names on Skin to End Hospital Mixups, Sponsor Says. TWO SUBJECTED TO TEST Mothers Give Consent and Girls at Brooklyn Institution Will Stay "Labeled" for Two Weeks". New York Times. July 2, 1931.
  5. "Shore Road Hospital Doctors Will Meet". Brooklyn Eagle. Dr. Hubbard Lynch will discuss the injection treatment for varicose veins at the medical conference at the Shore Road Hospital
  6. John G. Taylor (June 18, 1972). "Housing For Aged In Brooklyn Advances". New York Times.


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