1875–2000 In 1875, Coney Island Hospital began as a
first aid station on the oceanfront beach near West Third Street. It was called the
Sea Breeze Hospital but officially known as
Reception Hospital, an annex of the
Kings County Hospital. It had 20 beds and facilities for emergency treatment. Patients requiring more were taken to Kings County Hospital, about seven miles away, in a horse-drawn ambulance. to build a 100-bed hospital, began in 1908, north of Coney Island Creek and east of
Ocean Parkway. With the help of
Robert W. Hebberd, Coney Island Hospital was dedicated on May 18, 1910, then a six-building complex. The Hammett Pavilion was enlarged 1926 to 1928, resulting in 300 beds and five more floors. Coney Island Hospital was severely damaged in 2012 due to
Hurricane Sandy. The Ida G. Israel Community Health Center was renovated and reopened in 2015. As a result of the Hurricane Sandy damage, in 2018, Hospital officials announced in August 2021 that the new building would be named after the late U.S. Supreme Court justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Following the opening of the new building, the hospital was to be renamed to South Brooklyn Health. cost $923 million in total, and includes a
statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the lobby. ==Services==