Hospitals And Birthing Centers
NOTE: Choices in Childbirth has a great webpage listing Labor Intervention Statistics.
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Total Reviews: 8
Street: First Avenue at 16th Street
Phone: 212-420-2000
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Pros
• Supports rooming-in
• Encourages breastfeeding
• Full-time lactation staff
Cons
• Located in Manhattan
• No in-hospital birth center
Total Reviews: 12
Street: 2183 Ocean Avenue (between Avenue R and Quentin Road)
City: Brooklyn
Zip Code: 11229
Phone: 718-376-6655
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Pros
- Highly recommended midwife staff
- Personal attention
- Home-like atmosphere
- No hospital intervention
Cons
- Must transfer to hospital via ambulance in case of emergency
Total Reviews: 11
Phone: 212-966-7600
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Total Reviews: 2
Street: 100 East 77th Street @ Lexington Avenue
City: Manhattan
Zip Code: 10021
Phone: 212-434-2000
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Pros
- Highly recommended medically
- Great nursing staff
- On-site lactation consultant
Cons
- Far from Park Slope
- No in-hospital birth center.
- Not ideal for natural childbirth: High epidural and intervention rate.
Total Reviews: 15
Street: Hicks Street at Amity Street, Cobble Hill
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Pros
- Close to home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
- Recently renovated rooms.
Total Reviews: 13
Street: One Gustave Levy Place, 1190 Fifth Avenue
Phone: 212-241-6500
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Pros
- Highly rated hospital
- Excellent NICU
- Excellent nursing staff
- On-site lactation consultant
Cons
- Upper East Side location is far from Park Slope
- Not ideal for natural childbirth (90% epidural rate); no in-hospital birth center
- Small labor rooms
Total Reviews: 35
Street: 263 7th Ave
City: Brooklyn
Zip Code: 11215
Total Reviews: 1
Street: 56-45 Main St
City: Flushing,
State: NY
Zip Code: 11355
Phone: (718) 670-2000
Website: http://www.nyhq.org
Total Reviews: 44
Street: 57th and 10th Ave in Manhattan
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Pros
- One of the most highly rated hospitals medically and in terms of patient experience
- In-hospital birth center an option for natural childbirth
- Highly recommended nursing staff
- Progressive hospital policies regarding breastfeeding and rooming in
Cons
- Midtown Manhattan location is a distance from Park Slope
Total Reviews: 1
Street: 170 West 12th Street at 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-604-7000
Website: http://www.svcmc.org/manhattan/
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Pros
- Good nursing staff
- Supportive of breastfeeding
- Rooming in encouraged
Cons
- Located in Manhattan
- No in-hospital birth center
