Hillcrest General Hospital
Defunct Queens hospital
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Hillcrest General Hospital[1][2] was opened around 1962[3] by Dr. Sheldon Schwartz, a physician, who served as its chief of medicine for 25 years."[4] Hillcrest, a private hospital,[5] was later 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 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Queens, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40.7207°N 73.8078°W |
| History | |
| Opened | 1962 |
| Closed | 2007 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
| Other links | List 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]
