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Evangelical Deaconess Hospital's four-story building on Chauncey Street continued to serve the Bushwick, Brooklyn neighborhood even after the hospital closed in the 1950s.

History

Twenty years after the hospital was closed, and the community rejected using it as an overflow for a Bronx-based drug rehab program, the structure was adapted into a temporary relocation facility for "welfare families now in hotels as well as families left homeless by fires."

It subsequently became a homeless men's shelter.

See also

• Deaconess Hospital (St. Louis, Missouri)

References

1. ^ Steven R. Weisman (February 28, 1971). "Old Bushwick Hospital to Be Used to House Homeless Families". New York Times.
2. Iver Peterson (March 4, 1970). "Plan for Addicts Leads to a Sit-In". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
3. Peter Kihss (January 25, 1971). "Mayor Curbs use of Hotel Housing by City Agencies". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
4. "Highland Park and Ridgewood Reservoir". July 21, 2019.
5. Wording atop the entranceway has the words "Eddie Harris Residential Facility"

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