Queens Hospital Center History

• 1903: The 22-acre site of Queens Hospital Center was originally the Haack farm, purchased by the city.
• 1935: Queens Hospital Center first opened its doors as Queens General Hospital. It absorbed the adjacent Queensboro Hospital for Communicable Diseases shortly after opening.
• 1941: It incorporated with Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis.
• 1952-1959: Queens Hospital Center was formed with the official merger of the three hospitals along with two other Queens medical facilities.
• 1992: Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) ended its 25-year deal to provide medical residents for rotation at Queens Hospital Center. Afterwards, Mount Sinai School of Medicine agreed to affiliate doctors to the hospital.
•  2002: A newly modernized –a four-year, $149 million capital project – the hospital officially reopened its doors to the community.
• 2025: Pavilion building was renamed ‘The Claire Shulman Pavilion Building’.