Then and Now: Looking back at our hospitals
Updated 8:10 AM;
Today 7:30 AM
Top photo of Seaside Hospital that was located at New Dorp Beach. (The New York Public Library)
Bottom photo: A general photo of the same area. (Staten Island Advance)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. In the years past there was an abundance of hospitals located on Staten Island. Here are some facts about our health care history.
Above, the Seaside Hospital was established at New Dorp Beach in 1886. This was also known as the Children’s Hospital New Dorp.
Seaside Hospital was converted into a privately owned nursing home in 1952
4 more suspected COVID deaths on S.I.; hospitalizations dip again
Updated Apr 20, 2021;
Posted Apr 20, 2021
For the second time in three days, COVID hospitalizations here dipped to its lowest level in 2021. Composite of Staten Island images from the coronavirus pandemic. (Staten Island Advance/Tom Wrobleski)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The coronavirus (COVID-19) is believed to have claimed the lives of four more borough residents, while just over 200 new confirmed cases of the disease were added to Staten Island’s total, city Health Department data shows.
At the same, coronavirus hospitalizations here dropped, for the second time in three days, to its lowest count this year.
COVID on S.I.: 1 more suspected death; hospitalizations unchanged; 160+ new cases
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
Posted Apr 21, 2021
COVID hospitalizations were unchanged, remaining at its lowest level this year. Composite of Staten Island images from the coronavirus pandemic. (Staten Island Advance/Tom Wrobleski)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The borough’s suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) death total rose by one, as the city Health Department has added over 160 new confirmed cases of the disease to Staten Island’s tally.
At the same time, the number of coronavirus hospitalizations here did not change, remaining at its lowest level this year.
As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, 1,760 Staten Islanders are believed to have died from complications related to the coronavirus.
NYPD: Man, 42, shot in New Brighton feet away from neighborhood park
Updated 9:46 PM;
Today 9:46 PM
A 42-year-old man was shot in New Brighton Sunday evening just steps away from a neighborhood park. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A 42-year-old man was shot in New Brighton Sunday evening just steps away from a neighborhood park.
An unknown perpetrator shot the man in the right hand near 151 Jersey St., an NYPD spokesman said, and the victim later arrived at Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton by private means.
The man is likely to survive, police said.
Felon cops plea in shooting inside home
Updated 10:00 AM;
Today 10:00 AM
In this file photo, the NYPD responded to Barker Street in West Brighton for a shooting on Feb. 18, 2020. The alleged shooter has pleaded guilty to assault. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A return to prison awaits a felon from St. George who was accused of shooting and wounding another man inside a West Brighton home last year.
Kasim Caughman, 32, has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault to resolve charges stemming from the violent incident on Feb. 18, 2020.
The events unfolded at about 10:35 p.m. inside a residence on Barker Street near Castleton Avenue, according to police and a criminal complaint.