Virginia Allen was just 16 years old when she joined the nursing staff at Sea View Hospital in New York City, a facility that opened specifically to address the millions dying of tuberculosis, also ...

The synagogue at Sea View Hospital, Staten Island, N. Y., was formally dedicated Sunday afternoon at a special service in the newly completed structure at West New Brighton. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise ...

Untapped Cities and the NYCEDC will host a special tour of the normally off-limits Seaview Hospital on Staten Island on August 13th at 11 am, a landmarked property that that still functions as a ...

In 1929, Sea View Hospital was in crisis. The now-partially abandoned Staten Island medical facility was experiencing a mass exodus of white nurses while simultaneously handling an overwhelming amount ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Breaking barriers, they risked their lives to care for those left to languish and die of incurable tuberculosis. On Saturday, the Brielle Avenue and Sea View Hospital Historic ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Breaking racial barriers, they risked their lives to care for those left to languish and die of incurable tuberculosis. But the day-to-day skill and care they provided New York ...

When white employees refused to work in a notorious hospital, Maria Smilios writes in “The Black Angels,” these nurses came to the aid of New Yorkers. By Meredith Wadman When you purchase an ...

The Staten Island Museum presents a major exhibition, Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital opening to the public on January 26, 2024. Taking Care highlights the groundbreaking work, ...

In 1929 in Savannah, Ga., Edna Sutton dreamt of being a nurse. But, as a young black woman, she had few opportunities in her hometown, which was still ruled by Jim Crow laws. The only nursing she ...