# NEW YORK | Beth Israel Medical Center Redevelopment **URL:** \ **Category:** Visions\ **Created:** [May 29, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769 "2016-05-29T09:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aviemore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Aviemore](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Aviemore)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/1 "2016-05-29T09:58:57Z")
I put this in visions because there’s nothing concrete yet > **[New York City’s Beth Israel to Close Hospital, Open Smaller Facility](https://www.wsj.com/articles/beth-israel-to-shutter-hospital-open-smaller-facility-1464187852)** > > Mount Sinai Beth Israel will close its existing hospital and replace it with a much smaller facility, significantly reducing the number of hospital beds in lower Manhattan. > Mount Sinai Beth Israel will close its hospital and replace it with a much smaller facility, significantly reducing the number of hospital beds in lower Manhattan. > Beth Israel, which has struggled financially and says it typically uses less than 60% of its roughly 825 beds, said Wednesday it would sell the property and open a 70-bed hospital and emergency room in 2020. The new hospital will be two blocks from the current facility. > The downsizing is part of a $550 million plan by Beth Israel’s owner to adapt to a changing health-care landscape where patients are using more outpatient care and spending less time in hospitals. > “We are not diminishing, in any way, the services,” said Kenneth Davis, president and chief executive officer of Mount Sinai Health System, which acquired Beth Israel in 2013. “We are not closing the doors.” > Still, the plan continues a broader retrenchment of hospitals in New York City, where a number of facilities have closed in recent years due to financial losses or under a statewide plan to reduce excess capacity. > … **Mount Sinai will sell the 16th Street property where Beth Israel sits, hospital officials said. The property’s current value is about $600 million, Dr. Davis said. Beth Israel has outstanding debt of more than $200 million, hospital officials said**. ---
**Author:** ![Aviemore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Aviemore](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Aviemore)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/2 "2016-06-03T06:37:43Z")
There were some leaks before that announcement last month > **[Beth Israel Hospital set to close soon: Staff | amNewYork](https://www.amny.com/news/beth-israel-hospital-will-be-closing-soon-staff/)** > > BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Nurses from Mount Sinai Beth Israel made emergency calls to The Villager on Tuesday. > May 13, 2016 - Nurses from Mount Sinai Beth Israel made emergency calls to The Villager on Tuesday. > It wasn’t to provide medical care — but rather to let the newspaper know what they say is already a done deal: that the historic hospital will close, and “sooner rather than later.” > Official word may come extremely soon, the nurses said. > “They are going to make a big announcement before the end of the month,” one of them said. “We anticipate this is coming next week.” > The closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital in 2010 is still being viscerally felt on the Lower West Side. It’s almost unfathomable then, that so soon afterward, the Downtown area could now also lose Beth Israel, its lone remaining large hospital. > Last June, as The Villager first reported — based on the tip of a concerned reader who heard it from his doctor — hospital officials were telling staff that the Beth Israel campus would be sold and that the hospital would be rebuilt nearby. In a way, it all sounds a bit similar to what happened with St. Vincent’s, where ambitious plans to build a new state-of-the-art hospital tower fell through, shortly after which St. Vincent’s closed under a mountain of debt. > According to three veteran Beth Israel nurses who contacted The Villager this week, hospital administrators kept up the rebuilding mantra until a couple of months ago — when the narrative abruptly shifted dramatically, and it was learned that the place would be shuttered for good. Now, no one is saying much at all. The article from June 2015: > **[Plan to rebuild Beth Israel Hospital one block to north | amNewYork](https://www.amny.com/news/plan-to-rebuild-beth-israel-hospital-one-block-to-north/)** > > BY LINCOLN ANDERSON    |  A Villager subscriber tipped the newspaper off this week that big changes are afoot at Beth Israel Hospital. Basically, doctors > June 18, 2015 - A Villager subscriber tipped the newspaper off this week that big changes are afoot at Beth Israel Hospital. Basically, doctors affiliated with the hospital, at E. 16th St. and First Ave., are saying that its administration hopes to rebuild the hospital, ideally at a spot nearby or, failing that, at the current site. > One doctor told the reader that “Mount Sinai Hospital is planning to sell the property Beth Israel is on and relocate the hospital.” > Providing further details, another doctor informed him that, “At a recent meeting of the Beth Israel medical staff, the C.E.O. told them that the plan is to build a state-of-the-art new hospital one block north of the present hospital. Apple, Google and other high-technology firms are to be involved. The plan is to keep the present hospital open until the new hospital is completed and then sell the property. If they cannot get the necessary governmental approvals or secure the new land needed, they will renovate the present hospital.” > The Villager reader spoke on condition of anonymity and declined to identify the two doctors, saying he feared causing a problem for the doctors and jeopardizing his relationship with them. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/3 "2019-04-28T15:03:11Z")
> **[Permits Filed for 313 East 13th Street in the East Village, Manhattan - New...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/04/permits-filed-for-313-east-13th-street-in-the-east-village-manhattan.html)** > > YIMBY has the latest permits filed by Mount Sinai for a seven-story hospital building at 313 East 13th Street in the East Village, Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/4 "2022-06-17T22:49:40Z")
> **[Mount Sinai mulls sale of 120-year-old ‘Godfather’ hospital](https://nypost.com/2022/06/15/mount-sinai-mulls-sale-of-120-year-old-godfather-hospital/)** > > The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in the East Village, part of Mount Sinai Health System, might be sold and demolished for a new building, worried doctors and staff members told The Post. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/5 "2022-08-12T16:04:52Z")
> **[Protest planned to save historic NYC hospital from wrecking ball](https://nypost.com/2022/08/07/protest-planned-to-save-historic-nyc-hospital-from-wrecking-back/)** > > A group of doctors, preservationists and elected officials have set a press conference for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Village Preservation at 232 E. 11th St. to demand city action to block the plan. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/6 "2022-08-12T16:11:30Z")
Mt Sinai should sell that crappy building on E 34th. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/7 "2022-08-13T14:11:09Z")
Sinai is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/8 "2022-08-13T14:30:06Z")
I think that the main campus on 5th is fine. I was talking about the doctors office building on 34th. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/9 "2022-08-13T14:42:19Z")
I’m just griping about the hospital in general. I like the Pei interior. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/10 "2022-08-13T15:07:41Z")
I haven’t been inside in years. NYC hospitals tend to be shitty looking even if they offer world-class treatment. I’d like to see Sinai sell this junk. Eichner’s planned 35th St development is right behind it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/6/26165fa92c677921e83faae12b7731e93f81662d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/11 "2022-08-14T13:29:05Z")
Yes nobody would miss this assemblage. ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/12 "2023-05-10T17:50:52Z")
6 posts were merged into an existing topic: [NEW YORK | LOW-RISE / GENERAL Development News + Construction](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/750) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/18 "2023-05-10T13:39:33Z")
Beth Israel is now part of Sinai if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/19 "2023-05-10T16:56:01Z")
I really hope that Mt. Sinai sells that disgusting building on 34th just west of Park to Eichner to Combine with his contiguous assemblage on 35th St. It’s a revolting eyesore. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/c/fc5ca8a5ee208dbe59c619d52e2a2f78c7091031.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/a/8a6b8d91a4ba89cf72b6a05e171aa8f6cefae20b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/20 "2023-09-14T18:23:11Z")
> **[Mount Sinai to Close Beth Israel Campus After Decline in Patient Count](https://commercialobserver.com/2023/09/mount-sinai-to-close-beth-israel-campus-after-decline-in-patient-count/)** > > Mount Sinai will gradually close its Beth Israel campus on East 16th Street over the next few years after seeing about $1 billion in losses. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/21 "2023-09-15T13:44:00Z")
Thank God for this. Absolutely horrible place. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/22 "2023-11-01T14:16:40Z")
> **[Reports: Mount Sinai proposed July 2024 closing date for Beth Israel's 16th...](https://evgrieve.com/2023/10/reports-mount-sinai-proposed-july-2024.html?m=1)** > > EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/23 "2023-12-22T21:50:49Z")
> **[Breaking: Mount Sinai ordered to halt Beth Israel Hospital shutdown - The...](https://thevillagesun.com/breaking-mount-sinai-ordered-to-halt-beth-israel-hospital-shutdown)** > > BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Hold your hospital-bed horses! The State Department of Health on Thursday told Mount Sinai it must immediately stop closing inpatient… > Mount Sinai recently announced it intends to unplug the iconic, full-service hospital on July 12, claiming it is simply “too big” and a massive money loser. But advocates and local politicians charge the health system has already been illegally moving services and departments out of the Gramercy hospital — in advance of the state’s official O.K. > > Mount Sinai, in fact, already has submitted a closure plan to state D.O.H. for Beth Israel — yet, the scheme is still pending approval. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/24 "2023-12-23T21:01:10Z")
Sinai is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769/25 "2024-01-31T03:12:28Z")
> **[Concern Grows Over Mount Sinai Closure Plans for Both Beth Israel and Eye...](https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/concern-grows-over-mount-sinai-closure-plans-for-both-beth-israel-and-eye-ear-institute-XY3089808)** > > In late October, 2023 the Mount Sinai Health system, owner and operator of the Beth Israel Medical Center (BI) - and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (N... [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-beth-israel-medical-center-redevelopment/2769.md?page=2)