{{Short description|Defunct hospital in Manhattan, New York}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{use American English|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Madison Avenue Hospital | org_group = | logo = | logo_size = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = | coordinates = {{coord|40.77417|-73.96333||display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_map_size = | location = Manhattan | address = | region = | state = New York | country = US | healthcare = | funding = | type = | religious_affiliation = | affiliation = | patron = | network = | standards = | emergency = | helipad = | beds = 121 | speciality = | opened = 1950 | closed = 1976 | demolished = | constructed = | former_names = Gotham Hospital | website = | other_links = List of hospitals in Manhattan | nrhp = | pushpin_label = | h1-number = | h1-length-f = | h1-length-m = | h1-surface = | metric-rwy = | h2-number = | h2-length-m = | h2-length-f = | h2-surface = }} '''Madison Avenue Hospital'''<ref name=MadAvHosViolations.NYT75>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/06/archives/persistent-violation-found-in-study-here-of-private-hospitals.html |title=Persistent Violation Found in Study Here Of Private Hospitals |author=David Bird |date=March 6, 1975}}</ref> was a 121-bed hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, that opened in 1950<ref name=MadAvHosAbort.NYT1971>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/20/archives/a-hospital-owner-tells-inquiry-he-has-abortionsteering-unit.html |title=A Hospital Owner Tells Inquiry He Has Abortion-Steering Unit |author=John Sibley |date=February 20, 1971}}</ref> and closed in 1976.<ref name=LinGenHosEND.NYT76/> In 1971, it was described as "a profit-making institution where abortions are performed on a large scale."<ref name=MadAvHosAbort.NYT1971/>
One unresolved problem with the hospital's building, noted in 1969, was that at the "16-story structure at 30 East 76th Street built in 1928, there is only one exit."<ref name=MadAvHosViolations.NYT75/> The building has been converted to luxury apartments.<ref>{{cite web |website=Corcoran Group |url=https://www.corcoran.com/nyc-real-estate/rented/upper-east-side/30-east-76th-street-phb/3637189 |title=30 East 76th Street PHB, Manhattan, NY 10021}}</ref>
==History== ''Madison'' opened in 1950 when Dr. Imre Weitzner "headed a syndicate that bought the proprietary hospital, then called Gotham Hospital" which was renamed ''Madison Avenue Hospital''. By 1971, his son "Dr. Howard B. Weitzner, chief of gynecology at Madison Avenue Hospital" had opened an abortion referral service, the subject of "questioning by a legislative committee." There were other hearings regarding funding in 1974.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/05/archives/medicaid-denial-by-state-upheld-payment-for-abortion-done-elsewhere.html |title=Medicaid Denial By State Upheld |date=February 5, 1974}}</ref>
===Loss of funding=== ''Madison'' was the third of a series of hospitals closed in the mid-1970s for "life-threatening fire and health violations".<ref name=LinGenHosEND.NYT76>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/24/archives/medicare-drops-madison-ave-hospital.html |title=Medicare Drops Madison Ave. Hospital |author=Frances Cerra |date=May 24, 1976}}</ref><ref name=MadAvHosViolations.NYT75/> Linden General Hospital and Wadsworth Hospital were the prior pair. Initially, the each lost certification, then they lost funding. As a result, it was "economically unfeasible for the hospital to stay in business."
==Gotham Hospital== '''Gotham Hospital''' was planned as "a hospital for people with average incomes"<ref name=GothLinHosAVGincome.NYT1927>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1927/01/30/archives/gotham-hospital-to-ask-low-fees-women-founders-of-new-institution.html |title=Gotham Hospital to ask Low Fees: Women Founders of New Institution Will Try To Lower the Cost of Illness for the Person Of Average Yearly Income |date=January 30, 1927}}</ref> with doctors "who at present are without hospital affiliations;" it later became ''Madison Avenue Hospital''.<ref name=MadAvHosAbort.NYT1971/> When ''Gotham'' opened their 30 East 76th Street 16-story 121-bed hospital on November 7, 1929, affordable care was still their focus.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/11/10/archives/gotham-hospital-to-lower-prices-proposed-institution-aims-to-cut.html |title=Gotham Hospital to Lower Prices; Proposed Institution Aims To Cut Illness Costs For Patients of Small Means |date=November 10, 1929}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/11/09/archives/gotham-hospital.html |title=Gotham Hospital |date=November 9, 1929}}</ref> A group of doctors bought ''Gotham'' in 1950<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/20/archives/the-gotham-hospital-is-bought-by-doctors.html |title=The Gotham Hospital is Bought by Doctors |date=June 20, 1950}}</ref> and renamed it ''Madison Avenue Hospital''.<ref name=MadAvHosAbort.NYT1971/>
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Category:Defunct hospitals in Manhattan Category:Upper East Side