From the Daily News:The state Health Department has approved a major facelift of a western Queens hospital.
Mount Sinai Hospital Queens in Long Island City is moving forward with a sweeping $113 million expansion that would erect a state-of-the-art five-story medical building on its campus.
“We need a medical facility to accommodate the growing neighborhood,” Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas told the Daily News on Monday. “There are many young families moving in.”
The state issued a contingent approval letter last month, an important hurdle before construction can begin on the facility, agency officials said.
The operator, which is part of the larger Mount Sinai hospital network, will still have to submit legal documentation to the agency before final approval, Health Department spokesman Peter Constantakes said.
“The project will provide significant improvements to emergency and urgent services, imaging, endoscopy, ambulatory surgery, physician space, operating rooms and patient support spaces,” according to an executive summary prepared following an April hearing.
The hospital expects to break ground in September and complete construction in 2016.
A coalition of nine elected officials have been pushing for approval since 2012.
8 comments:
That's not so bad.
The old Astoria General Hospital ("the butcher shop") was always a crappy option.
Besides, don't these new hipsters require good health care, without having to cross the East RIver?
There is no room and the area is congested.
Best place is to put it on the waterfront - no wait - the hospitals in Manhattan are still trying to recover from Sandy.
Woodhaven Blvd and Queens Blvd would be a great location for a hospital.
It actually was until recently - St. John's.
Deck the Sunnyside Yards and build a teaching hospital that will also serve Queens West and the Greenpoint/Williamsburgh area.
Excellent regional mass transit and vehicular access!
This one needs to be applauded!
How much do you want to bet that the medical building on 31st Street will be used by Mt. Sinai as temporary space while their 5 story building is constructed?
Deck the Sunnyside Yards and build a teaching hospital that will also serve Queens West and the Greenpoint/Williamsburgh area.
Excellent regional mass transit and vehicular access!
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When you do that you can kiss the older shopping areas and communities good by.
I love these hair trigger mouths.
A teaching hospital over the highly toxic Sunnyside Yards?
That sort of defeats the purpose of healthcare, doesn't it, fella?
Better run that "bright" idea through your brain again before you open up your big bazoo!
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