Hospitals And Birthing Centers

NOTE: Choices in Childbirth has a great webpage listing Labor Intervention Statistics.


 

PSP Member advice about choosing hospitals:

"I wish we had taken the time to explore OBs / hospitals closer to home. The taxi ride to the upper east side whilst I was in active labor was not an experience I ever want to repeat!"

"Choosing a birth location that was close to home was key. I personally think any hospital experience no matter the reputation is a roll of the dice, mainly colored by who's on staff that day/night. Being close to home was helpful mentally and made the trip home much shorter and less nerve wracking."

 

Related PSP articles:

What to Bring to the Hospital

Pre-birth Advice from PSP Members

Advice on getting to the hospital on "D" day

 

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Bellevue Hospital Center
Total Reviews:  2
Street:  462 1st Avenue
City:  New York,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10016
Phone:  (212) 562-4141
BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL
Total Reviews:  11
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

Brooklyn Birthing Center
Total Reviews:  19
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

Birthing classes:

http://www.brooklynbirthingcenter.com/class-descriptions

Brooklyn Methodist
Total Reviews:  9
Street:  506 6th St,
City:  Brooklyn
Phone:  (718) 780-3000
Columbia Presbyterian (Washington Heights)
Total Reviews:  1
Street:  630 W 168th St
Phone:  (212) 305-2500
Columbia University Children�s Hospital
Total Reviews:  1
Street:  635 W 165th St
City:  New York
Phone:  (212) 305-3378
Cornell Presbyterian Medical Center - New York Hospital
Total Reviews:  6
Downtown Women
Total Reviews:  76
Street:   Contact Us 568 Broadway, Suite 304 & 404
City:  New York,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10012
Phone:  212-966-7600
Dr. Renuka Paka of St Luke's
Total Reviews:  9
Phone:  212-581-8675
Lenox Hill Hospital
Total Reviews:  24
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.
LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL (LICH)
Total Reviews:  13
Street:  Hicks Street at Amity Street, Cobble Hill
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Pros

  • Close to home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
  • Recently renovated rooms.
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Total Reviews:  1
Street:  270-05 76th Avenue,
City:  New Hyde Park
State:  NY, 11040
Phone:  (718) 470-7000
Maimonides Medical Center
Total Reviews:  13
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Total Reviews:  2
City:  Washington Heights
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital /New York Presbyterian
Total Reviews:  1
Morristown Medical Center
Total Reviews:  1
Street:  100 Madison Ave
City:  Morristown
State:  NJ
Phone:  (973) 971-5000
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Total Reviews:  1
Street:  3201 Kings Highway
City:  Brooklyn,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  11234
Phone:  718-252-3000
Mount Sinai St. Luke's
Total Reviews:  4
Street:  1111 Amsterdam Ave,
City:  New York,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10025
Phone:  (212) 523-4000
Mount Sinai Upper East Side
Total Reviews:  64
Street:  One Gustave Levy Place, 1190 Fifth Avenue (between 98th and 101st Streets)
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
Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt)
Total Reviews:  47
Street:  1000 Tenth Avenue
City:  New York,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10019
Phone:  212-523-4000
New York Presbyterian - Columbia University Medical Center
Total Reviews:  5
Street:  630 West 168th Street
Phone:  (212) 305-2500
New York Presbyterian - Lower Manhattan Hospital (formerly NY Downtown)
Total Reviews:  52
Street:  170 William St
City:  New York
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10038
Phone:  (212) 312-5000
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Sloane Hospital for Women
Total Reviews:  5
Street:  3959 Broadway
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell
Total Reviews:  19
Street:  525 East 68th Street
City:  New York,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10065
New York University Medical Center
Total Reviews:  25
NY Hospital Queens
Total Reviews:  1
Street:  56-45 Main St
City:  Flushing,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  11355
Phone:  (718) 670-2000
NY Methodist Hospital
Total Reviews:  182
Street:  263 7th Ave
City:  Brooklyn
Zip Code:  11215
NY Presbyterian (Methodist) in Park Slope
Total Reviews:  1
Street:  263 7th Ave
City:  Brooklyn
Phone:  (718) 246-8561
NYU Langone Medical Center
Total Reviews:  124
Phone:  646-929-7815
NYU Langone Medical Center - Tisch Hospital
Total Reviews:  28
Street:  560 1st Avenue
City:  New York,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10016
Phone:  (212) 263-5800
NYU Lutheran
Total Reviews:  3
Street:  150 55th Street
City:  Brooklyn,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  11220
Phone:  718-630-7000
NYU Midtown
Total Reviews:  13
Street:  530 1st Avenue
City:  New York
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10016
Phelps Memorial Hospital
Total Reviews:  1
Street:  701 North Broadway Route 9 at Route 117
City:   Sleepy Hollow,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10591
Phone:  (914) 366-3000
ST. LUKE'S ROOSEVELT BIRTHING CENTER
Total Reviews:  60
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
Weill Cornell Medical Center
Total Reviews:  16
Weill Cornell Medicine - Lower Manhattan Obstetrics & Gynecology (LoMa)
Total Reviews:  17
Street:  233 Broadway, 27th Floor, Suite 2750
City:  New York,
State:  NY
Zip Code:  10279
Phone:  646-962-5662
Woodhull Medical Center
Total Reviews:  2
Street:  760 Broadway,
City:  Brooklyn
State:  NY
Zip Code:  11206