Kings County Hospital Center

Kings County Hospital Center
NYC Health + Hospitals
Building S of the hospital
Geography
Location	451 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°39′24″N 73°56′42″W / 40.65667°N 73.94500°W / 40.65667; -73.94500Coordinates: 40°39′24″N 73°56′42″W / 40.65667°N 73.94500°W / 40.65667; -73.94500
Organization
Funding	Public hospital
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Network	NYC Health + Hospitals
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	627
History
Founded	1831
Links
Website	nychhc.org/kingscounty
Lists	Hospitals in New York
Other links	Hospitals in Brooklyn

Kings County Hospital Center is a municipal hospital located in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City. It is owned and operated by NYC Health + Hospitals, a municipal agency that runs New York City's public hospitals. It has been affiliated with SUNY Downstate College of Medicine since Downstate's founding as Long Island College Hospital in 1860. It was named the country's first Level 1 trauma center. Several police officers have been quoted as saying, "If I get shot... bring me to Kings County."

Kings County serves the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, with over 510,000 clinical visits and 140,000 emergency department visits in 2015.

Kings County is a member of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. It is designated as a New York State regional Level 1 trauma center and only Level 1 pediatric trauma center in Brooklyn. Additionally Kings County is a Designated Stroke Center, Level III Perinatal Center, Designated AIDS Center, Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence, Diabetes Education Center of Excellence, Behavioral Health Center (including inpatient, outpatient with dedicated emergency department) and Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Program Center of Excellence.

Kings County is geographically oriented to provide services to more than 800,000 (415,650 in the primary service area) people in the communities of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Canarsie/Flatlands, East New York, Brownsville and Flatbush/East Flatbush. Ethnic diversity among the mostly black and Hispanic population served (94%) by Kings County is very rich with large populations from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Guyana, Barbados and a multitude of South American and African Countries. Accordingly, Kings County employees speak 39 different languages to meet this diverse population's needs.