The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Hospitals and Health CareNew York, United States1001-5000 Employees
The Brooklyn Hospital Center is a 464-bed community teaching hospital based at 121 Dekalb Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 1845. It serves more than 300,000 patients each year, offering primary and specialized medical care along with advanced diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical services. The hospital operates as a clinical affiliate of the Mount Sinai Health Hospital and an academic affiliate of The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and it runs independent residency programs across several specialties that train physicians each year. It is the only hospital in Downtown Brooklyn, serving a broad urban population. Recent developments include a June 2026 staffing increase of ten full-time nurses for the cardiac telemetry roster, and a 2025 partnership with the Colon Cancer Coalition to expand cancer-care outreach.