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Gracie Square Hospital

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Website
  
www.nygsh.org

Phone
  
+1 212-434-5300

Founded
  
1958

Lists
  
Hospitals in New York

Number of beds
  
157

Location
  
420 East 76th Street, on the Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Address
  
420 E 76th St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Similar
  
Manhattan Psychiatric Center, Metropolitan Hospital Center, Rockefeller University Hospital, Harlem Hospital Center, Bayley Seton Hospital

Gracie Square Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located at 420 East 76th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City. The hospital has 157 beds for in-patients, as well as units focused on adult and geriatric psychiatry, drug rehabilitation, and short-term care.The hospital was built and founded by Cynthia Zirinsky, a mental health care professional, and her husband Richard Zirinsky, a New York City real-estate developer.

The hospital had 220 beds when it opened in 1958. The hospital is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System.

Notable patients

  • Eddie Fisher, American singer
  • Anthony Hecht, American poet
  • Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer
  • Phil Ochs, American protest singer and songwriter
  • Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and political activist
  • References

    Gracie Square Hospital Wikipedia