Lefferts General Hospital

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Lefferts General Hospital[1] was "a 160-bed private hospital"[2] at 460 Lefferts Avenue opened in 1958 in the former Crown Heights Hospital, built in 1928.[1] [EFN 1][3]

Lefferts General Hospital
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Geography
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Services
Beds160
History
Closed1978
Links
ListsHospitals in New York State

The hospital, which closed in 1978, was on a list of 11 hospitals that the State Health Department attempted to close in 1976, allegedly "to fill up the municipals."[4] In 1979 the building was converted into a dormitory to house 400 Iranian boys, age 10 to 22, who came to the United States "after the fall of the Shah."[5]

In 1993 the building was demolished for a girl's yeshiva.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Five Men Carrying M-16 Rifles Take $15,000 in Ambush". New York Times. March 16, 1974. at the Lefferts General Hospital
  2. ^ Robert D. McFadden (May 1, 1976). "Brooklyn Doctor is Killed in Park". New York Times.
  3. ^ "Dr. Harry Koster Killed In Fall as Horse Bolts". Brooklyn Eagle. June 3, 1943. p. 13. which dated from 1928 ... Lefferts and Brooklyn Avenues
  4. ^ David Bird (August 31, 1976). "Plan to Close 11 Hospitals Is Attacked at Hearing". New York Times.
  5. ^ Robin Herman (April 11, 1979). "Jews in Crown Heights Make Room for Iranian Children". New York Times.

Notes

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