Burke Rehab opens at
Hutch Metro Center
Burke Rehabilitation,
a leader in medical rehabilitation
in the Bronx and
Westchester for more than one
hundred years, has opened
their second Bronx location,
leasing 6,583 square feet at
1250 Water’s Place at Simone
Development’s Hutchinson
Metro Center in the Bronx.
James MacDonald, vice
president of Acquisitions and
Leasing at Simone Development,
represented the building
owners in the deal.
“We are extremely happy
to be able to once again assist
Burke fi nd a new home as this
leading rehabilitation provider
continues to expand,”
said MacDonald. “Burke now
operates three of their nine
outpatient facilities in Simone
properties in the Bronx and
Westchester County, providing
world-class care for patients
in the tri-state area and
beyond.”
Headquartered in White
Plains, NY, where the provider
operates a 150-bed acute rehabilitation
hospital entirely dedicated
to adult rehabilitation
medicine, Burke became part
of the Montefi ore Health System
in 2016 and is now academically
affi liated with the prestigious
Albert Einstein College
of Medicine. While convenient
to Westchester County, New
York City, Long Island and
Connecticut, Burke attracts
patients from across the country
and around the world.
Burke provides inpatient
and outpatient rehabilitation
for a broad range of neurological,
musculoskeletal, cardiac
and pulmonary disabilities
caused by disease or injury.
Burke treats patients who
have suffered a stroke, spinal
cord injury, brain injury, amputation,
complicated fracture,
arthritis, cardiac and
pulmonary disease, and neurological
disorders. Patients
are most frequently transferred
to Burke from acute
care hospitals once their condition
is stable and they are
able to participate in intense
physical, occupational and
speech therapy.
Burke’s doctors, nurses
and therapists provide stateof
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the-art treatment and personalized
care through expert,
interdisciplinary teams
led by a range of highly respected
medical specialists.
Burke’s full-time physicians
include neurologists, physiatrists,
internists, rheumatologists,
pulmonologists and neurophysiologists.
Opening day of Camp Junior
Bronx Borough President
Ruben Diaz, Jr.
greeted the fi rst group of
Bronx kids headed to the
inaugural session of ‘Camp
Junior’ as they boarded
buses at the Madison
Square Boys & Girls Club
in Belmont.
“The best way to honor
Junior’s life is to encourage
youth to follow in his
footsteps and that’s why
Junior’s family worked
with my offi ce to create
Camp Junior in his memory.
This camp includes
an anti-violence component
so that we are arming
these kids with the tools to
overcome the gang culture
which ultimately cost Junior
his life. Thank you to
Junior’s parents, the Fresh
Air Fund, NYS Assembly
Speaker Carl Heastie and
the NYS Parks Department
for your collaboration on
this incredible program,”
said Diaz.
Camp Junior is a free,
two week, sleepaway Summer
Camp for Bronx youth
established in memory of
Lesandro ‘Junior’ Guzman-
Feliz. The program is administered
by The Fresh
Air Fund and serves Bronx
children ages 9 to 13, and
includes an anti-violence
curriculum as part of its
programming.
“We are proud and honored
to operate Camp Junior
in partnership with
the Bronx Borough President
Ruben Diaz Jr., NYS
Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation and
Palisades Interstate Park
Commission,” said Fatima
Shama, executive director,
The Fresh Air Fund.
“Camp Junior will provide
a safe, nurturing environment
that encourages children
from the Bronx to be
engaged in and exposed
to new environments,
broaden horizons and experience
ways to increase
their confi dence and skills.
This collaboration and investment
in Bronx youth
will provide opportunities
and interventions and help
to reduce the violence affecting
our young
Hutchinson Metro Center will be
the new home of Burke Rehabilitation.
Photo courtesy of Hutchinson Metro Center