New York City hospitals have stood on the front lines of epidemics, immigration, war, childbirth, public health crises, and some of the most important changes in American medicine. Yet the city has never been sentimental about buildings. Hospitals that once treated generations of New Yorkers have closed, merged, been demolished, or found entirely new uses.
Some of these institutions disappeared almost completely. Others survive in converted buildings where their original purpose still shows in the architecture. Together, these 10 lost and transformed New York City hospitals tell a larger story about medicine, neighborhoods, and the city’s constant reinvention.
1. St. Vincent’s Hospital
Active Years: 1849–2010
Location: Greenwich Village, centered around Seventh Avenue and West 11th Street…