Brooklyn Hospital Slated $3 Million Renovation

BED-STUY, NY — The emergency room at Bed-Stuy's Interfaith Medical Center is slated for a $3 million renovation, electeds announced Friday.

The hospital's emergency room, located on Atlantic Avenue between Troy and Albany Avenues, will see a "modern, improved layout," Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer announced Friday.

The hospital will also see technological and infrastructure improvements.

“Over a quarter million patients rely on Interfaith Medical Center every year," Gillibrand said in a statement. "IMC’s emergency department was last renovated more than 30 years ago."

Founded in 1982, the hospital has long needed such a financial lifeline, Jeffries said.

The three representatives secured the massive sum of federal funding in a 2022 government funding package, Gillibrand said.

"Interfaith has been providing high-quality, compassionate care and 21st-century care in 20th-century infrastructure,” Jeffries said.

Interfaith's patient population is primarily enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, who will see better care and safety, according to Jeffries' office.

"Today’s announcement is a great example of federal funds being used to ensure historically underserved communities have the same access and quality services as anywhere else would," Schumer said in a statement Friday.

Interfaith Medical Center — 287 beds-large — is part of One Brooklyn Health's three-hospital umbrella.