Metropolitan Hospital
| NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan | |
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| NYC Health + Hospitals | |
MHC Entrance
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| Geography | |
| Location | 1901 First Avenue New York, NY, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°47′5.74″N 73°56′40.94″W / 40.7849278°N 73.9447056°WCoordinates: 40°47′5.74″N 73°56′40.94″W / 40.7849278°N 73.9447056°W |
| Organization | |
| Hospital type | Community |
| Affiliated university | New York Medical College |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level II trauma center |
| History | |
| Founded | 1875 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://nyc.gov/mhc |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United States |
Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC, also referred to as Metropolitan Hospital) is a hospital in East Harlem, New York City. It has been affiliated with New York Medical College since it was founded in 1875, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States.
MHC is part of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the largest municipal hospital and healthcare system in the country.
Metropolitan is located in an area where East Harlem merges with the Upper East Side and Yorkville. The physical plant extends from First to Second Avenues and from East 97th to East 99th Streets. The hospital caters to a wide spectra of patient population and disease pathology.
The Second Avenue Subway's 96th Street station, one block from the hospital's entrance, serving the New York City Subway's N Q trains. In addition, the New York City Bus routes M15, M15 SBS, M96, M98, M101, M102, M103 and the subway's 4 6 <6> trains serve the hospital at 96th Street.
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