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 Every day Information)
The earlier morning, the New York Appellate Division had dominated in favor of Mount Sinai towards a neighborhood lawsuit filed to dam the closure, which, in flip, lifted a restraining order, permitting the ultimate shutdown to proceed.
A passerby seems 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 Every day Information)
To offer at the least 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 per 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 prior to now decade.
A employee removes Beth Israel Hospital signage after the hospital closed its doorways Wednesday, April 9, 2025 in Manhattan. (Barry Williams/ New York Every day Information)
Greenwich Village legal professional Arthur Schwartz, who introduced the neighborhood lawsuit, had hoped to enchantment the courtroom ruling, however realized it might be futile.
“By the end of today,” he mentioned 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.”
