FAQs

One Brooklyn Health (OBH) was established to preserve and enhance health care services in the communities of Central Brooklyn and is composed of three hospitals and their affiliated facilities, Interfaith Medical Center (IMC), Brookdale Hospital Medical Center (BHMC) and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center (KJMC). All three hospitals have historic ties in the communities they serve and are working together to build a system that will enable OBH to provide the highest quality and widest breadth of healthcare services to those in need. 

Our mission is to provide greater access to high quality medical care and keep our communities healthy, through an integrated care system that respects the diversity of our communities and addresses both the health needs and unique factors that shape them.

• Bedford Stuyvesant/Crown Heights 
• Downtown Brooklyn/Heights/Park Slope
• Canarsie/Flatlands 
• East New York/ New Lots 
• East Flatbush 
• Flatbush
• Mill Basin
• Williamsburg/Bushwick 

Yes, please visit this link that will take you directly to our Community Service Plan. 

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If you think you need emergency care, go to an OBH emergency department or call 911:

LOCATIONS: 

Brookdale Emergency Department: 1 Brookdale Plaza

Interfaith Emergency Department:  1545 Atlantic Avenue

Kingsbrook Emergency Department: 585 Schenectady: Entrance on Winthrop Street between Schenectady & 49^th  Street

Seek emergency care for problem such as: 

• Trouble breathing
• Passing out, fainting
• Pain in the arm or jaw
• Unusual or bad headache, particularly if it started suddenly
• Suddenly not able to speak, see, walk, or move
• Suddenly weak or drooping on one side of the body
• Dizziness or weakness that does not go away
• Inhaled smoke or poisonous fumes
• Sudden confusion
• Heavy bleeding
• Possible broken bone, loss of movement, particularly if the bone is pushing through the skin
• Deep wound
• Serious burn
• Coughing or throwing up blood
• Severe pain anywhere on the body
• Severe allergic reaction with trouble breathing, swelling, hives
• High fever with headache and stiff neck
• High fever that does not get better with medicine
• Throwing up or loose stools that does not stop
• Poisoning or overdose of drug or alcohol
• Seizures

The federal public health emergency has officially ended, and in accordance with current recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we are modifying our current Universal Mask Use Protocol.

Effective immediately, mask use among staff, patients, and visitors on all OBH campuses and ambulatory sites is optional, unless indicated for a specific communicable condition, recommended by Employee Health Services, or in the designated areas outlined below.

While COVID-19 rates have decreased they are not zero. In an effort to protect populations that are most vulnerable to SARS-COV2, we will continue to mandate mask wearing in designated areas and during clinical care encounters.

1. Masks are mandatory for staff and visitors when entering a patient room on all inpatient clinical units.

2. Masks are mandatory for staff, patients and visitors when entering a consultation/exam room in all ambulatory sites during clinical encounters.

3. Masks are mandatory for staff and patients during transport throughout the hospital.

4. Masks are mandatory for staff, patients, visitors, and vendors at all times in the emergency departments.

While masks are no longer mandatory, it is crucial that we continue to prioritize the safety and well-being of our patients, staff, and visitors by following standard infection control practices such as hand washing. Please keep in mind that this guidance can be modified at any time in response to changes in community transmission levels or updated recommendations by local public health officials.