This summer, Maimonides Health officially opened its brand-new Bay Ridge Emergency Department. Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the new facility offers life-saving, comprehensive emergency care to patients of all ages.
The new emergency department is staffed by Maimonides emergency medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses who are board-certified and equipped to deliver the same expert care available across all of Maimonides’ emergency care services. Its development was led by experts from the Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Department, including John Marshall, MD, Chair of Emergency Medicine and Vice President of Medical Affairs at Maimonides Health, and Ahmed Rashed, MD, Associate Medical Director, Maimonides Medical Center.
Emergency Care for Patients in Southern Brooklyn & Easy Access to Specialized Care
The freestanding ED brings a much-needed state-of-the-art emergency medical center to the Brooklyn communities of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst, residents of which previously had to travel outside of their immediate neighborhoods to access emergency care. The ED, located at the former site of Victory Memorial Hospital, is also accessible to surrounding communities in Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Patients in these neighborhoods will now have easier access to stabilizing care in emergency situations, via ambulance or walk-in service, with the benefit of a seamless transfer process to Maimonides Medical Center for more specialized treatment if necessary. An on-site ambulance will be stationed full time for rapid transfer to the Medical Center or Maimonides Children’s Hospital, home to the only dedicated pediatric trauma center in Brooklyn.
Expertise to Care for All Medical Emergencies
Twenty-two treatment bays and three beds for short-term admissions make up the facility, which will offer imaging services like X-rays, CT scans, and ultrasounds on site, along with rapid on-site laboratory testing.
Emergency care is available for conditions including but not limited to:
- Heart attack, chest pain, and cardiac emergencies
- Stroke
- Difficulty breathing
- Traumatic injury and wounds, including burns, bleeding, and broken bones
- Fever
- Seizures
- Orthopedic emergencies
- Psychiatric emergencies
- Obstetric and gynecological emergencies
- Pediatric emergencies
Pre-arrival registration is also available for walk-in patients. This unique feature allows our emergency medical care teams to prepare in advance for patient arrival and provide appropriate care as soon as possible. After treatment at the Bay Ridge ED, patients also have expedited access to the Maimonides Health physician specialist network for follow-up care.
“Maimonides Medical Center already operates the busiest trauma unit in the borough, and we have the largest fleet of hospital-based 911 ambulances,” said Dr. Marshall. “We’re proud to bring emergency care and the best emergency medicine specialists to even more people in our surrounding communities.”
The main entrance of the Bay Ridge ED is located at 699 92nd Street. The walk-in patient entrance is located at 9036 7th Avenue.
For more information, visit https://www.maimo.org/bayridgeed.
