Beth Abraham Center
Nursing home in the Bronx, New York City
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Beth Abraham Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing[1] is a medical facility in Bronx, New York, which was founded as the Beth Abraham Home for Incurables. It was originally a long-term residential care facility, but was later expanded to include rehabilitation services.
| Beth Abraham Center | |
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| Centers Healthcare | |
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 The facility as seen from across Bronx Park East. | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 612 Allerton Ave, Bronx, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40.8649°N 73.8700°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| Type | Specialist |
| Network | Centers Healthcare |
| Services | |
| Beds | 450 |
| Speciality | Rehabilitation, residential care |
| History | |
| Former names | Beth Abraham Hospital Beth Abraham Home Beth Abraham Home for Incurables |
| Opened | March 21, 1920 |
| Links | |
| Website | beth-abraham-center |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
History
Bertha Alperstein founded Beth Abraham in memory of her late husband Avraham Eliezer Alperstein. The property was acquired in January 1920 for $115,000 (equivalent to $1,848,214 in 2025),[2] and the new hospital opened on March 21, 1920.[3] On its fifth anniversary, the hospital celebrated the opening of a new building costing $500,000 (equivalent to $8,035,714 in 2025) which increased its total capacity to 225 patients.[4]
In January 1952, the hospital's name was shortened to Beth Abraham Home, owing to developments in "rehabilitative physical and psychological techniques [which gave] patients a chance to advance medically and socially far beyond former concepts of mere custodial care."[5]
In 1963, Beth Abraham began "an active affiliation with a neighboring teaching institution, Montefiore Hospital".[6]
In 1996, The New York Times wrote that "the 520-bed Bronx hospital" was opening new facilities in Westchester County and in Manhattan.[1] Although they also use the name Beth Abraham - Centers Health Care Nursing and Rehabilitation, as of 2021 Montefiore's "Find a Doctor" still lists "Beth Abraham Hospital. 612 Allerton Avenue. Bronx, NY."[7]
