Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility

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| name = Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility

| org/group = NYC Health + Hospitals

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| location = 1752 Park Avenue

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East Harlem

| state = New York

| country = US

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| funding = Public

| type = Teaching

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| emergency = None

| beds = 365

| speciality = Long-term acute care hospital (LTACH)

| publictransit = {{rint|newyork|mta}} {{rint|newyork|subway}} New York City Subway:
{{NYCS trains|Lexington|time=bullets}} at {{stl|NYCS|125th Street|Lexington}}
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| constructed = 2013

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Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility, also known as NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter is a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) located in East Harlem, New York City that was opened in 2013 by the New York City Health and Hospitals corporation.{{cite news |last1=Weichselbaum |first1=Simone |title=A new health care facility for New Yorkers with disabilities to open in East Harlem |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/new-hospital-terminally-ill-open-east-harlem-article-1.1433340 |access-date=October 14, 2020 |work=nydailynews.com |date=August 22, 2013}}

History

The Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility is located at the site of the former North General Hospital, which was closed in July 2010.{{cite journal |author1=Array Architects |title=Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility LTACH and SNF |journal=The Journal of the American Institute of Architects |date=February 25, 2014 |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/henry-j-carter-specialty-hospital-and-nursing-facility-ltach-and-snf |access-date=October 14, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Hartocollis |first1=Anemona |title=North General Hospital Is Closing, but Clinics Are Ready to Take Its Place (Published 2010) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/nyregion/29hospital.html |access-date=October 14, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=June 28, 2010}} This facility partially offset the closure of the Goldwater Memorial Hospital of the Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility located on the south side of Roosevelt Island.{{cite news |last1=Mays |first1=Jeff |title=Former Goldwater Hospital Patients Arrive at $285M East Harlem Facility |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131217/east-harlem/former-goldwater-hospital-patients-arrive-at-285m-east-harlem-facility/ |access-date=October 14, 2020 |work=DNAinfo New York |date=December 17, 2013 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016043817/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131217/east-harlem/former-goldwater-hospital-patients-arrive-at-285m-east-harlem-facility/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Zimmer |first1=Amy |title=Hospital Patients Forced Out as Roosevelt Island Tech Campus Moves In |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120503/roosevelt-island/tech-campus-leaves-hospital-patients-worried-about-future/ |access-date=October 14, 2020 |work=DNAinfo New York |date=May 3, 2012 |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210232450/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120503/roosevelt-island/tech-campus-leaves-hospital-patients-worried-about-future/ |url-status=dead }} Goldwater Memorial Hospital was closed to make room for expansion of the Cornell Tech educational campus. The $285 million facility is named after Henry J. Carter, a philanthropist whose charity, Wheelchair Charities, has donated more than $25 million to the Health and Hospitals Corporation.{{cite web |title=New healthcare facility to be named after local philanthropist |url=https://www.nurse.com/blog/2012/09/03/new-healthcare-facility-to-be-named-after-local-philanthropist/ |website=Nurse.com Blog |access-date=October 14, 2020 |date=September 3, 2012}}

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