History

Since opening in 1976, NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx has developed a reputation for devotion to the needs of its patients. A community hospital in the truest sense, NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx has created and maintained programs which are tailored to care for and assist the patients it serves.

Since its earliest days, NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx has offered strong and innovative programs in women’s health services, as well as pediatric primary and specialty ambulatory services. As the particular healthcare needs of its community have evolved, NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx’s services and programs have evolved along with them. Among NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx’s newest renovations are a self-contained Ambulatory Surgery Suite, an inpatient Geriatric Medicine Unit, an inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, acquisition of one of the largest and quietest MRI units on the market today and acquisition of a new digital mammography unit.

Services have been expanded to offer a host of medical programs tailored to the needs of geriatric patients, a successful Hospitalist program and the Partial Hospitalization program (an alternative approach to services for the mentally ill which provides daily therapeutic intervention while allowing patients to live at home.) NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx’s Sexual Assault Response Team delivers prompt, state-of-the-art forensic and counseling services to sexual assault victims. NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx was the first NYC hospital to receive a SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) Center of Excellence designation by the NYS Department of Health.

Today, NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx remains true to its mission: providing high-quality, compassionate care for any and all in need. NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx is a fixture in the Norwood community: a reliable, familiar and trusted source of medical care for the patients it is proud to serve.