Tag: Coney Island Hospital

Heart Association recognizes Brooklyn’s NYC Hospitals for quality healthcare

August 3, 2022

NYC Health + Hospitals on Wednesday announced that all 11 of its hospitals — including three in Brooklyn —were recognized by the American Heart Association for commitment to quality care in heart failure, heart attack, stroke, diabetes and resuscitation. The three Brooklyn hospitals belonging to the municipal hospital group are Coney Island Hospital, Kings County Hospital in East Flatbush, and

Svetlana Lipyanskaya (left) and Manjinder Kaur will be the new CEOS at Maimonides Health and NYC Health+Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, respectively. Photo composite courtesy of Maimonides Health and NYC Health+Hospitals

Hospitals name their CEOS as they finalize partnership

February 20, 2026

SVETLANA LIPYANSKAYA, MPA, FACHE WILL BE APPOINTED AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF MAIMONIDES HEALTH.

Coney Island gets a new health center

February 21, 2025

NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/SOUTH BROOKLYN HEALTH celebrated the opening of its new Ida G. Israel Community Health Center on Tuesday.

NYC Health + Hospitals/ South Brooklyn Health, formerly known as Coney Island Hospital.

Hospital docs reach deal to avoid strike

January 14, 2025

DOCTORS AT several public NYC hospitals on Monday came to an agreement on a new contract, averting a planned strike of nearly 1,000 doctors.

Coney Island Hospital. Photo courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island (now South Brooklyn Health)

Hospital docs could strike in January

January 3, 2025

Nearly 1,000 doctors at four public NYC hospitals, including Coney Island Hospital, gave notice that they’re ready to strike on Jan. 13.

New app offers guidelines for medical staff on prescribing antibiotics

August 21, 2024

A GUIDE FOR CLINICIANS ON THE PROPER USE OF ANTIBIOTICS is being launched through a partnership between the city’s public hospital system

Coney Island Hospital officially named for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

August 7, 2021

NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island, commonly known as Coney Island Hospital, held a ceremony Aug. 5 to officially announce that its in-patient component, which is

Brooklyn Center nursing home provides hospital beds as NYC nears reopening

May 28, 2020

New York City now meets almost all of the state-mandated metrics necessary for reopening, According to a Regional Monitoring Dashboard updated Tuesday. The two metrics yet to be fulfilled are

Around Brooklyn: Coney Island testing center reopens

May 7, 2020

Coney Island testing center reopens The city has reopened a Coney Island COVID-19 testing site more than a month after closing the center because of a lack of protective equipment,

Around Brooklyn: Is that free book also germ-free?

April 20, 2020

Is that free book also germ-free? Every spring, the stoops and sidewalks of Brooklyn host free books. However, this year, the stoop piles around Park Slope have been few and

Around Brooklyn: Masks, gloves seized from Brooklyn suspect will go to caregivers

April 3, 2020

Masks, gloves seized from Brooklyn suspect will go to caregivers Nearly a million medical-grade masks and gloves that were seized last week from a Brooklyn man who has been charged

A health care worker prepares to swab a patient's nasal cavity for a COVID-19 test at Brooklyn's first drive-through testing facility in Coney Island on March 20, 2020. Photo: Paul Frangipane/Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn’s first drive-through coronavirus testing site opens in Coney Island

March 20, 2020

UPDATE: As of March 22, this testing site is no longer operating, according to NYC Health and Hospitals. H+H is no longer testing by appointment and is instead using its

Meet Brooklyn’s first baby of 2020

January 2, 2020

New decade, new Brooklynites.

Friends rally around retired NYPD cop with ALS

December 9, 2019

CONEY ISLAND – Friends of a retired police officer stricken with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) have mounted a holiday-time effort to help their buddy pay his escalating medical bills. Retired

A Kelie Bowman mural. Photo courtesy of Kelie Bowman

Two Brooklyn hospitals are about to get some awesome murals

July 19, 2019

Hoping to make residents care more about their local health centers, the city’s public hospital network is starting by making the centers more interesting to look at. To do so,

Gravesend man dead after after Stillwell Avenue shooting

August 22, 2016

A Gravesend man was pronounced dead over the weekend after cops responded to the scene of a shooting at Stillwell Avenue and Avenue V. Daquan Spencer, 30, was found unconscious

New York City will use emojis to promote confidential reproductive and sexual health care to youth

July 18, 2016

A new public awareness campaign designed to promote the health care services that are most utilized by New Yorkers aged 12 to 21 at neighborhood centers in the city’s public

Cultural pioneers in southern Brooklyn honored by Bay Democrats

February 15, 2016

Southern Brooklyn is primarily family oriented. Culture — fine art and professional performance — is in Manhattan or north within the borough. One organization, however, has led the way in

Brooklyn welcomes first babies of 2016

January 4, 2016

Welcome to Brooklyn, babies! Four of the borough’s hospitals welcomed some sweet, new little ones in the New Year on Friday, January 1. Baby boy Zayden Noel, born to mother Stephanie

BREAKING: Officer pronounced dead after losing consciousness at Floyd Bennett Field

December 29, 2015

Update: While police have yet to confirm the identity of the deceased, news outlets have reported the officer to be 44-year-old Juan Feliciano of Manhattan’s 28th Precinct. Police officials confirmed

Coney Island Hospital celebrates new Ida G. Israel Community Center

July 20, 2015

A Coney Island health center has weathered the storm. Coney Island Hospital, which is run under the auspices of the city’s Health & Hospitals Corporation (HHC) held a ribbon cutting

Brooklyn art showcased at a Brooklyn hospital

July 16, 2015

A local art group displayed Brooklyn-focused works as part of its gallery opening ceremony at Coney Island Hospital on Thursday, July 9. The Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group (BSAG), which displays

Brooklyn artists’ group shows at Coney

February 2, 2015

The arts and sciences were under one roof on Thursday, January 22 as the Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group (BSAG) brought its Autumns Past exhibition of fine art, to Coney Island

Coney Island Hospital celebrates increased storm resiliency

November 20, 2014

Just over two years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled East Coast communities like Coney Island, its resident hospital was given the long-awaited facelift local residents and politicians alike say it deserved.

Coney Island Hospital celebrates increased storm resiliency

November 20, 2014

$923M in FEMA funds going to Coney Island Hospital

November 13, 2014

BY HEATHER J. CHIN [email protected] Coney Island Hospital (CIH) is one of four hospitals that will receive a combined $1.6 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds, designated to

$923M in FEMA funds going to Coney Island Hospital

November 13, 2014

BY HEATHER J. CHIN [email protected] Coney Island Hospital (CIH) is one of four hospitals that will receive a combined $1.6 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds, designated to

Informative event on diet and nutrition held at Coney Island Hospital

November 3, 2014

The importance of eating healthy was on the agenda earlier this fall, during an informative forum on diet and nutrition. The event was presented by Coney Island Hospital, at the

Informative event on diet and nutrition held at Coney Island Hospital

November 3, 2014

The importance of eating healthy was on the agenda earlier this fall, during an informative forum on diet and nutrition. The event was presented by Coney Island Hospital, at the

Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group celebrates new exhibit at Coney Island Hospital

July 25, 2014

It’s a work of art in Coney. The Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group (BSAG) unveiled its latest exhibition of art, City Heat, at Coney Island Hospital’s main building on Thursday, July

Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group celebrates new exhibit at Coney Island Hospital

July 25, 2014

It’s a work of art in Coney. The Brooklyn Streetcar Artists’ Group (BSAG) unveiled its latest exhibition of art, City Heat, at Coney Island Hospital’s main building on Thursday, July

Community calls for an ER in Southwest Brooklyn

March 11, 2013

Community activists from Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and in-between gathered at the site of the old Victory Memorial Hospital on Friday, March 8, calling on the State Health Department to re-open the now-shuttered emergency room.

Bill Guarinello, chair of Community Board 11; Joanne Seminara, ch …

Schumer calls Coney Island Hospital damage deep and broad

January 10, 2013

Senator Chuck Schumer took a tour of the Sandy-ravaged Coney Island Hospital on Tuesday, January 8.

He was accompanied by Alan Aviles, president of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation, and Arthur Wagner, executive director of the hospital.

As he toured both of the hos …

Schumer tours Coney Island Hospital

January 9, 2013

Senator Chuck Schumer took a tour of the Sandy-ravaged Coney Island Hospital on Tuesday, January 8. He was accompanied by Alan Aviles, president of the New York City Health and

Public safety data gives a mixed report on area hospitals

March 23, 2012

Many New York City-area hospitals do not rate as well in public safety as residents might think, with only five hospitals in New York and New Jersey comin …