New York Hospital Queens will add 80 beds, a new entrance and expanded cardiology and surgery facilities. New York Hospital applied for rear-yard, setback and bulkhead variances as part of a large-scale modernization and expansion of its 6.4-acre facility at 56-45 Main Street in Flushing, Queens. The 439-bed, acute care teaching hospital, occupies two blocks along Booth Memorial Avenue, employs 3,000 people and receives approximately 400 patients and 250 visitors per day.

five-story, 97,219-square-foot addition and a 122,368-square-foot, 372-space garage. The proposed addition would connect to the existing buildings, permitting expanded cardiology and surgery services, 80 additional beds and a new 2,098- square-foot lobby and entrance at the corner of Main Street and Booth Memorial Avenue. The proposed garage would be located on the corner of Booth Memorial Avenue and 141st Street with two below-ground levels and one above-ground level, requiring demolition of five existing two-story hospital buildings. (more…)