Call it healthy growth!
Coney Island Hospital leaders break ground on facility’s new tower
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
This hospital is on the up-andup!
Coney Island Hospital
leaders on March 21 gathered
with locals and pols to offi -
cially break ground on the
medical center’s forthcoming
tower , which, along with
a new fl ood wall going up
on the campus, will ensure
doctors can provide care to
Southern Brooklynites for decades
to come, according to a
Canarsie congressman.
“The wonderful thing
about Coney Island Hospital,
and this new center, is
that it will continue to bring
to light fi rst-rate, high-quality
healthcare for the people
who live in the neighborhoods
along the Coney Island
peninsula,” said Rep.
Hakeem Jefferies.
The tower rising at the
site of a former hospital parking
lot at 2619 Ocean Pkwy.,
and the four-foot fl ood wall
that will surround the facility’s
Sheepshead Bay campus,
are part of a $923-million
job funded by cash that offi -
cials with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency
awarded Coney Island Hospital
back in 2014, roughly two
years after superstorm Sandy
ravaged the site in 2012.
The multi-million-dollar
project is worth every penny,
according to another federal
pol who advocated for the
funding, who said the new
infrastructure will go a long
way toward securing the
hospital — and its patients
— during future extreme
weather.
“When it comes to emergency
preparedness, nothing
is more critical than making
sure our hospitals are resilient
enough to weather the
strongest storms,” said Sen.
Chuck Schumer.
The new building will rise
11 stories, but include only
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10 fl oors, the fi fth of which
will be double height and feature
mechanical equipment,
according to Coney Island
Hospital reps. The rest of its
second through 10th fl oors
will feature services including
a new emergency department,
an X-ray facility, computerized
tomography and
magnetic-resonance-imaging
scanners, a pharmacy, and
labs, the reps said.
Workers intend to fi nish
erecting the tower and part
of the wall in early 2022, before
starting some demolition
work at the site — which
will include destroying the
hospital’s Hammett Pavilion,
whose patient beds and
Behavioral Health Clinic
will move to spaces within
the existing medical center
and the new tower — in order
to fi nish the wall by the
middle of 2023, according to
hospital reps.
Coney Island’s councilman
cheered the start of construction,
saying the fi rst shovels to
hit the dirt for the job kicked
off a new era of medical care
for locals.
“This groundbreaking is
symbolic,” said Mark Treyger.
“It is not just about physical
infrastructure. This is about
the love and commitment
to wonderful people here in
Southern Brooklyn.”
GETTING DIRTY: Coney Island Hospital leaders and local pols kicked off
construction of the medical center’s new tower at the ground-breaking
ceremony. Photo by Steve Solomonson
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