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Hospital crunch
Authorities scramble to fi nd
makeshift hospital sites
BY BEN VERDE
With over 1,000 New Yorkers currently
infected, the spread of the
novel coronavirus threatens to overwhelm
medical facilities statewide
with a swell of patients, leaving hospitals
overextended and grasping for
resources.
At a press conference on March 17,
Governor Andrew Cuomo estimated
that the virus will hit its peak in
roughly 45 days, on May 1, at which
time 37,200 intensive care unit beds
will be needed.
The state currently has only
3,000.
To make up for the massive defi cit,
large spaces will need to be set aside
for hospital beds. In Brooklyn, local
elected offi cials have started to scope
out a few possible sites.
In a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio
and Governor Cuomo, Borough
President Eric Adams identifi ed multiple
publicly-owned sites that could
provide the space needed to fi t thousands
of additional beds.
“Covid—19 cases are growing at
an exponential rate and Brooklyn
hospitals could reach capacity in a
very short period of time,” Adams
wrote. “It is imperative that we act
now to secure and prepare available
spaces before that becomes our new
reality.”
The earmarked sites include:
• The out-of-use Brooklyn Detention
Center on Atlantic Avenue. The
jail contains 759 cells, a kitchen and
common areas that could facilitate
emergency medical supplies.
• Public school buildings which
have multiple rooms and are closed
to students until at least April 20.
• The boroughs many armory
buildings including the 13th Regiment
Armory in Bedford-Stuyvesant,
The Brooklyn House of Detention in Boerum
Hill is one potential site to increase hospital
bed capacity. Photo by Zoe Freilich
the Bedford Atlantic Armory
in Crown Heights, and the Marcy Avenue
Armory in Williamsburg. The
Bedford Union Armory in Crown
Heights is also a possability if work
stops on the long-in-the-works revamp
of the structure.
• The Brooklyn Cruise Ship Terminal
in Red Hook, a massive structure
with wide-open spaces.
• Floyd Bennet Field/Aviator Park
in Marine Park, a federally owned
former airfi eld with empty airplane
hangers and vast swaths of empty
land.
Brooklyn features multiple armory buildings, such as the Bedford Union Armory in Crown
Heights, that could possibly be used as a make-shift hospital. Photo by Stefano Giovannini
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