Mount Sinai Well being System has formally pulled the plug on Manhattan’s Beth Israel Hospital.
At 8 a.m. Wednesday, the historic Gramercy well being hub, at sixteenth St. and First Ave., shuttered its emergency room, the final a part of the 135-year-old hospital nonetheless functioning.
Beth Israel Hospital is pictured after closing Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Manhattan. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
The earlier morning, the New York Appellate Division had dominated in favor of Mount Sinai in opposition to a neighborhood lawsuit filed to dam the closure, which, in flip, lifted a restraining order, permitting the ultimate shutdown to proceed.
A passerby appears to be like at “closed” notices posted on an entrance to Beth Israel Hospital after it shut down Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Manhattan. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
To offer no less than some native well being care, Mount Sinai on Tuesday morning opened an “expanded urgent-care center” close by on E. 14th St., at Mount Sinai’s New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, to function 24/7, seven days every week.
Opponents argued Mount Sinai “sabotaged” Beth Israel after buying it, transferring its worthwhile departments to Mount Sinai’s different hospitals, inflicting Beth Israel to lose $1 billion previously decade.
A employee removes Beth Israel Hospital signage after the hospital closed its doorways Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Manhattan. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
Greenwich Village legal professional Arthur Schwartz, who introduced the neighborhood lawsuit, had hoped to attraction the courtroom ruling, however realized it could be futile.
“By the end of today,” he stated Wednesday, “there’ll be no equipment left in the emergency room. … With the City of Yes rezoning, that property is now probably worth $1.2 billion.”
