Bloomingdale Insane Asylum
The Bloomingdale Insane Asylum (1821–1889) was an American private hospital for the care of the mentally ill, founded by New York Hospital. It was located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, where Columbia University is now located. It relocated to White Plains, New York, as the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, now known as the "NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center."
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum c. 1831
Buell Hall in 2014. Built in 1885, it is the only surviving asylum building.
Weill Cornell Medical Center
Weill Cornell Medical Center, previously known as New York Hospital or Old New York Hospital or City Hospital, is a research hospital in New York City. It is part of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and the teaching hospital for Cornell University.
Weill Cornell Medical Center campus in 2021
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, c. 1830
1893 illustration of the hospital's West 15th Street facade, near Fifth Avenue
Weill Cornell Medical Center (left) and the Hospital for Special Surgery (right), 2006