| In 1892, with the
help of Salvation Army professionals from Ivy House ( the
first maternity hospital in London), Mrs. Booth opened "The
Rescue" maternity home in Manhattan. The institution
received its first hospital license on March 5, 1914, as Booth
Memorial Home and Hospital. At that time, the hospital
floor at 318 East 15th Street contained an operating room,
a physician's office, a small laboratory, one ward and two
private rooms.
 After
a major renovation, Booth Memorial opened as a general hospital
on March 13, 1919, and the following year merged with the
Margaret Strachan Home, a rescue home for unwed mothers.
In 1921, the hospital opened a school of practical nursing,
and continued over the following two decades to supply a
full range of services to low and middle income families.
During the 1950's the rapidly growing
suburban population of Queens needed medical care facilities,
and, by coincidence, the physical plant of Booth Memorial
in Manhattan needed major renovations. Local planning agencies
prevailed upon The Salvation Army to relocate the hospital
to Queens. The Army responded and opened Booth Memorial
as a 210-bed general care hospital and maternity home in
1957.
By the time New York Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center assumed sponsorship of Booth Memorial
Medical Center, it had grown into a 457-bed, voluntary,
non-profit, teaching medical center and trauma center, providing
the highest quality health care to a county population of
2 million. The medical center's staff of over 2,000 is augmented
and reinforced by some 900 affiliated physicians and dentists
joined in a unique partnership... a partnership dedicated
to delivery of medical expertise in combination with a spirit
of compassionate concern for the patient as an individual.
Today, The New York Hospital Queens
is poised to provide comprehensive health care into the
new century. From its proud and humble origins, it has grown
into a cutting-edge medical facility, able to serve the
complex needs of an ever-widening population.
The New York Hospital Queens is affiliated
with the New York Presbyterian Hospital and a member of
The New York Presbyterian Healthcare System. As such, it
is incorporated in the State of New York as a 501 (c) not-for-profit
corporation.
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