Calvary Hospital (Bronx)
Calvary Hospital is an American non-profit institution specializing in hospice and palliative care, headquartered in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York. The hospital has a total of 225 beds.[2]
| Calvary Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1740 Eastchester Road Morris Park 10461, The Bronx, New York, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Private |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| Services | |
| Beds | 225[1] |
| Speciality | Hospice and palliative care, affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York[1] |
| Public transit access |   New York City Bus: Bx21, Bx24, Bx31 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1899 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York |
| Other links | Hospitals in The Bronx |
History
Calvary Hospital was founded in 1899 and is operated in connection with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The hospital was one of the first, and is still one of the largest, medical complexes focusing on end-of-life hospice care.[3]
In addition to its main facility in the Morris Park, Bronx it has had a 25-bed facility within the Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn since 2001. It also has various outreach programs.[3]
Calvary Hospital operates a third location, the Dawn Greene Hospice, a 10-bed facility located on the 15th Floor of Mary Manning Walsh Home (MMW) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[4]
Deaths of notable people
- Ronald Alexander (1917–1995), playwright[5]
- Alan Betrock (1950-2000), music critic and publisher[6]
- Chad Brown (1961-2014), poker player[7]
- Thomas A. Duffy (1906–1979), judge, lawyer, and politician[8]
- Xavier Gonzalez (1898–1993), artist[9]
- Larry Harlow (1939-2021), salsa music performer, composer, and producer
- Robert Hughes (1938-2012), art critic, writer, and television producer[10]
- Randy Jones (1944-2016), jazz musician (drummer)[11]
- Lewis H. Michaux (1885-1976), bookseller and civil rights activist[12]
- Andrew P. O'Rourke (1933-2013), [13]
- Stay High 149 (Wayne Roberts) (1950 - 2012), graffiti artist[14]
- Soupy Sales (1926-2009), actor, comedian[15]
- Richard Tee (1943–1993), pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger[16]
- Yomo Toro (1933–2012), musician[17]
- Guy J. Velella (1944-2011), New York State Senator[18]
See also
References
- Staff (undated). "About Us". Calvary Hospital. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- Helhoski, Anna (December 8, 2010). "Greenwich Hospital Wins 5th Summit Award". Greenwich Daily Voice. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- Goodstein, Steven (August 7, 2015). "Calvary Hospital Celebrates a Century in the Bronx". Bronx Times-Reporter. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- "Mary Manning Walsh, Calvary Collaborate on Hospice Care Unit". Catholic New York.
- "Ronald Alexander, Playwright, 78, Dies". The New York Times. 3 May 1995. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- Hiatt, Brian (13 April 2000). "Journalist And Onetime Blondie Producer Alan Betrock Dies". MTV News. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- Collson, Brett (July 2, 2014). "Chad Brown Passes Away at Age 52". www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- "Thomas A. Duffy, Retired in 1976 As Judge of Civil Court in Queens". The New York Times. 13 April 1979. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- "Xavier Gonzalez, 94, Painter and Sculptor". The New York Times. 15 January 1993. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- Kennedy, Randy (6 August 2012). "Robert Hughes, Art Critic Whose Writing Was Elegant and Contentious, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- Obituary. New York Times. Retrieved on July 2, 2016.
- Fraser, C. Gerald (27 August 1976). "Lewis Michaux, 92, Dies; Ran Bookstore in Harlem". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- Berger, Joseph (4 January 2013). "Andrew P. O'Rourke, 79, Rival to Mario Cuomo, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- Gonzalez, David (12 June 2012). "Wayne Roberts, 'Stay High 149' in Graffiti Circles, Is Dead at 61". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- Standora, Leo. "Soupy Sales, famed comedian from the Golden Age of Television, dead at 83". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- "Richard Tee, 49, Dies; Composer and Pianist". The New York Times. 26 July 1993.
- Ratliff, Ben (2 July 2012). "Yomo Toro, Virtuoso of Latin Music, Dies at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- Hevesi, Dennis (27 January 2011). "Guy J. Velella, State Senator From Bronx, Dies at 66". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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