Adelphi Hospital Explained

Adelphi Hospital
Coordinates:	40.6862°N -73.9707°W
Region:	Brooklyn
State:	New York
Country:	United States
Opened:	1929
Closed:	1974

Adelphi Hospital was a 146-bed voluntary hospital that opened in 1929 at 50 Green Avenue and closed in 1974. It "served the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn."^{[1] [2] [3]} The hospital was in "a seven-story, fireproof building" and was located at "the corner of Greene Ave and Adelphi St."^{[4] [5]}

History

For five years, covering three contracts,^[1] the hospital and a union for nonprofessional employees went through a strike ^{[6] [7]} about which The New York Times used the word tinderbox.^[8] The situation "emptied most beds in the hospital and forced many strikers to seek welfare assistance."^[9]

The Brooklyn Public Library archive noted that

• an anonymous philanthropist funded giving $5 "to every baby born in Adelphi Hospital."^[10]
• the hospital remodeled in 1941, adding "additional operating rooms, new laboratories" and a solarium.^[5]

The hospital's 54 Green Avenue property housed its Adelphi Mental Health Clinic. In 1978 the building was landmarked and subsequently was listed on city records as an office building.^[11]

After the hospital closed, part of it served as a medical center run by Josephine English, "the first African-American licensed obstetrician/gynecologist in New York State."^[12]

Notes and References

1. News: . Closing of Hospital Is Bitter . David C. Berliner . May 5, 1974.
2. News: New York Times. EDWARD J. BRADLEY; A Leader in Amateur Sports in Queens and Nassau Counties. April 10, 1938.
3. News: New York Times. MORRIS WEINTROB, S6EON, 52, DE; Associate of Adelphi Hospital in Brooklyn Also Served the Jewish Sanitarium There. April 9, 1953.
4. Web site: To remodel hospital.
5. Web site: To remodel hospital.
6. News: . 6 PICKETS SEIZED AT HOSPITAL HERE; Charged With Harassing Police in Adelphi Strike . January 24, 1969.
7. News: New York Times. Adelphi Hospital Is Free of Pickets As Dispute Is Ended. February 26, 1969.
8. News: New York Times. Adelphi Hospital Strike. Robert Lewis . February 26, 1969.
9. News: New York Times. ADELPHI HOSPITAL IS HURT BY STRIKE; Most Beds Empty -- Many Employes on Welfare. Peter Millones . February 20, 1969.
10. Web site: Premium babies . March 9, 1942.
11. Brownstoner Magazine. Building of the Day: 54 Greene Avenue, More Than Meets the Eye. June 17, 2005.
12. Brownstoner Magazine. Building of the Day: 40 Greene Avenue. Suzanne Spellen. December 20, 2011 . March 23, 2021.