Lenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattan

Manhattan

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's Upper East Side

Upper East Side

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 in New York City

New York City

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, is a 652-bed, acute care hospital

Hospital

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 and a major teaching affiliate of New York University

New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

 Medical Center. Founded in 1857 as the German Dispensary, today's 10-building Lenox Hill Hospital complex has occupied its present site since 1905, when it was known as the German Hospital. Lenox Hill Hospital is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, on a city block bounded on the north and south by 77th and 76th Streets, and on the west and east by Park and Lexington Avenues.