Doctors Hospital (Manhattan)

General information
LocationManhattan, New York City
Opened1929
Closed2004
Demolished2005

Doctors Hospital (1929–2004) was a hospital located at 170 East End Avenue, between 87th and 88th Streets opposite Gracie Mansion in the Yorkville neighborhood of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It served as the primary maternity hospital for uptown Manhattan births (Manhattan General served as such for Lower Manhattan). It was also known as a "fashionable treatment center for the well-to-do."[1]

History

The 14-floor hospital was founded in 1929 as Doctors Hospital. Patients included Huguette Clark, Michael Jackson, Jackie Gleason, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mueller, Jacqueline Susann, James Thurber, Clare Boothe Luce, Werner Hegemann, Oveta Culp Hobby, Charna Eisenberg and Eugene O'Neill.[1]

Additional names treated or those that died at Doctors Hospital were Theodore Hardeen, also known as Hardeen, Houdini's brother and a magician in his own right, who died at the age of 69 after a routine surgery in 1945.[2] Socialite Ann Woodward, wife of banking heir William Woodward, Jr., was treated for shock at Doctors Hospital in 1955 after mistakenly shooting her husband.[3]

It was acquired by Beth Israel Medical Center in 1987.

In 2001, the medical facility had about 210 beds and more than 800 employees. The hospital was closed in August 2004, and sold along with two nearby apartment buildings for $166.5 million. The building was razed in 2005, and replaced with a new 19-story, 110-unit residential condominium building in 2008.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Dedman, Bill; Newell, Paul Clark Jr. (2013). Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Loss of one of the World's Greatest Fortunes. London: Atlantic Books. p. 228. ISBN 978-1782394761.
  2. ^ "Hardeen Dead, 69. Houdini's Brother. Illusionist, Escape Artist, a Founder of Magician's Guild. Gave Last Show May 29". The New York Times. June 13, 1945. Retrieved December 1, 2022. Theodore Hardeen, a brother of the late Harry Houdini, illusionist and a prominent magician in his own right, died yesterday in the Doctors Hospital. His age was 69.
  3. ^ Braudy, Susan (1992). This Crazy Thing Called Love: The Golden World and Fatal Marriage of Ann and Billy Woodward. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0394532479.
  4. ^ Horsley, Carter B. "170 East End Avenue". The City Review. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  5. ^ Siwolop, Sana (March 30, 2005). "COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: REGIONAL MARKET -- Manhattan; For Nonprofits, Owning Is Becoming the Wave of the Past". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved December 1, 2022.


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