| Neponsit Beach Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 149–25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway, Queens, New York City, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°34′07″N 73°51′53″W / 40.568673°N 73.864740°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Public |
| Type | Tuberculosis hospital (former) Nursing home (former) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1915 (as hospital)[1] 1961[2] (as nursing home) |
| Closed | 1955 (as hospital) 1998 (as nursing home)[3] |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
| Other links | Hospitals in Queens |
Neponsit Beach Hospital, also known as Neponsit Beach Hospital for Children, Neponsit Hospital, Neponsit Children's Hospital,[4] and various other names, is a former municipal tuberculosis sanatorium located adjacent to Jacob Riis Park and the Neponsit community on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York City. Originally oriented towards the treatment of children, the hospital treated military veterans during and after World War II, but closed in 1955 due to a declining need for tuberculosis hospitals. Afterwards, it operated as the Neponsit Home for the Aged,[2][5] later the Neponsit Health Care Center, a city-run nursing home until its controversial closure in 1998. The hospital was demolished in 2023.
- ^ Emil R. Lucev (2007). The Rockaways. Arcadia Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7385-4990-3. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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