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Calvary Hospital is an American non-profit institution specializing in hospice and palliative care, headquartered in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York. The hospital has a total of 225 beds.




History


Calvary Hospital was founded in 1899 and is operated in connection with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The hospital was one of the first, and is still one of the largest, medical complexes focusing on end-of-life hospice care.
In addition to its main facility in the Morris Park, Bronx it has had a 25-bed facility within the Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn since 2001. It also has various outreach programs.
Calvary Hospital operates a third location, the Dawn Greene Hospice, a 10-bed facility located on the 15th Floor of Mary Manning Walsh Home (MMW) on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.




Deaths of notable people


Ronald Alexander (1917–1995), playwright
Alan Betrock (1950-2000), music critic and publisher
Chad Brown (1961–2014), poker player
Thomas A. Duffy (1906–1979), judge, lawyer, and politician
Xavier Gonzalez (1898–1993), artist
Larry Harlow (1939–2021), salsa music performer, composer, and producer
Ellen Holly (1931–2023), actress
Robert Hughes (1938–2012), art critic, writer, and television producer
Caroline R. Jones (1942–2001), female African-American advertising executive
Hank Jones (1918–2010), jazz musician (pianist)
Randy Jones (1944–2016), jazz musician (drummer)
Lewis H. Michaux (1885–1976), bookseller and civil rights activist
Andrew P. O'Rourke (1933–2013),
Stay High 149 (Wayne Roberts) (1950 - 2012), graffiti artist
Soupy Sales (1926–2009), actor, comedian
Richard Tee (1943–1993), pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger
Yomo Toro (1933–2012), musician
Guy J. Velella (1944–2011), New York State Senator




See also



List of hospitals in the Bronx




References

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• Calvary Hospital (Bronx)
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• List of hospitals in the Bronx
• New York Medical College
• Union Hospital (The Bronx, N.Y.)
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• List of the oldest hospitals in the United States
• Bronx Maternity Hospital