Double Ribbon-Cutting Celebration Marks Opening of Brooklyn Hospital Center Expansion, Renovation & New Cancer Center

The Brooklyn Hospital Center recently held a double ribbon-cutting ceremony for the expansion and renovation of its emergency department; the celebration also marked the opening of the Brooklyn Cancer Center. The project team included NK Architects and LF Driscoll Healthcare.

The de facto face of COVID-19 in New York City, Brooklyn Hospital, now has a new face altogether. Patients enter through an expanded, more welcoming lobby and receive treatment in enhanced clinical spaces. The expansion supports operational improvements that increase capacity at this critical safety-net hospital, which even before COVID-19 was seeing twice as many patients as expected.

Construction began in 2019 and continued through a surge in patient volumes, but careful phasing kept the hospital operational. As the city emerges from the pandemic, this new face of Brooklyn Hospital is a powerful symbol of recovery — and an early stage in the institution’s ongoing modernization and redevelopment.

Photos by Edward Caruso