Announcements
PARTNER NEWS: The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) received the highest grade “A” for patient safety from the prestigious Leapfrog Group. TBHC is one of only two hospitals in all of New York City to get an “A” and is the only A-rated hospital in Brooklyn. In fact, only about 8%
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Two historic Brooklyn institutions recently joined forces. The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) [http://www.tbh.org/] is now a corporate sponsor of Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) [http://www.bam.org/]. Between TBHC [http://www.tbh.org/] (founded in 1845) and BAM [http://www.bam.org/] (founded in 1861), they
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It’s too often the case that we Flatbushers (Flatbushnicks? Flatbushians?) are unaware of some stellar resources available to us right in our own neighborhood. Maybe even on our own block. Sure, we notice those quaint signs for doctors, dentists, or psychiatrists outside stately Victorians along tree-lined streets. But we
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Harlem Globetrotters players Hoops Green and Buckets Blakes at The Children’s Health Center of The Brooklyn Hospital Center (Photo by Dina Rabiner)Two players for the Harlem Globetrotters paid a surprise visit to the young patients at The Children’s Health Center at The Brooklyn Hospital Center on Thursday.
Arts & Culture
Brooklyn War Memorial at Cadman Plaza Park (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Located across from the Federal Courthouse in Cadman Plaza Park, the Brooklyn War Memorial was erected in 1951 to honor more than 300,000 Brooklynites who served in World War II. In need of repairs, the Memorial has been
Business
Image courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield.Bids on Brooklyn Hospital Center’s Maynard Building are said to be as high as $115 million, according to [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160418/REAL_ESTATE/160419867/brooklyn-hospital-center-nears-100-million-deal-to-sell-a-campus#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cnyb-dailyalert&utm_campaign=cnyb-dailyalert-20160418] Crain’s [http://www.
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Image courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield.Brooklyn Hospital has been trying to sell their Maynard Building, at 240 Willoughby Street, for a couple of years now, with a 2014 request for proposals (RFPs) leading to the hospital board reviewing said RFPs around this time last year [/blog/2015/05/22/
Business
Image courtesy of Brooklyn Hospital Center.Brooklyn Hospital Center has found its new CEO/President after a year of searching. Gary Terrinoni took the helm this month, hired in part based on his track record helping to transform New Jersey’s Kennedy Health System from struggling to financial stability, in
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Dr. Marcia Nelson, head of geriatrics at Brooklyn Hospital, in her office. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus)Dr. Marcia Nelson is so reassuring and friendly, patients don’t even realize that their casual conversation about how they’ve been feeling, how comfortable or uncomfortable their beds and chairs
Brooklyn Hospital Center
Photo by Linda Villarosa.Update [10/28/15]: A previous version of this article misstated the Summary Star Ratings of Coney Island Hospital, Interfaith Medical Center, and Maimonides Medical Center, based on information [http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/1-star-hospital-number-doubles-latest-cms-rankings-5-stars-slide-see-data] from Healthcare Finance News [http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/1-star-hospital-number-doubles-latest-cms-rankings-5-stars-slide-see-data] . Since
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Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.Hello, Friday farmer’s markets! The Brooklyn Hospital Center [http://www.tbh.org/]has launched a new farmer’s market series on three Friday mornings and afternoons this summer, beginning today and then every two weeks after that through August. From 9am to 3pm
240 Willoughby Street
Photo by Linda Villarosa.The Brooklyn Hospital Center is reportedly planning to sell the Maynard Building at 240 Willoughby Street to an as-yet-undetermined developer in order to finance a new Ambulatory Care Center, to be built on the hospital’s corner parking lot at 95-99 DeKalb Avenue. The plans, described
Brooklyn Hospital Center
(Photo by Linda Villarosa)A long-time trustee of Brooklyn Hospital Center (BHC) has been selected as its interim president and CEO, effective as of yesterday, Sunday, March 1. Jonathan M. Weld takes over for Dr. Richard B. Becker, who is leaving to become CEO of New Found Health [/blog/2015/
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Photo by Linda VillarosaFort Greene’s Brooklyn Hospital Center is undergoing a change in leadership due to the resignation of current CEO/President Dr. Richard Becker. As noted in the [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/1/19/brooklyn-hospital-center%E2%80%99s-ceo-stepping-down] Brooklyn Eagle [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/