Strecker Memorial Laboratory
Strecker Memorial Laboratory is a historic building at Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Built in 1892 to serve as a laboratory for City Hospital, it was "the first institution in the nation for pathological and bacteriological research".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Smallpox Hospital.
United Nations Headquarters
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The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. United Nations Headquarters is situated 2,800 feet west of Strecker Memorial Laboratory.
Smallpox Hospital
Ruins
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The Smallpox Hospital, sometimes referred to as the Renwick Smallpox Hospital and later the Maternity and Charity Hospital Training School, was a hospital located on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York City. Smallpox Hospital is situated 440 feet southwest of Strecker Memorial Laboratory.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Park
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a four-acre memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt that celebrates the Four Freedoms he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Tudor City.
Long Island City and Astoria
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south.
Tudor City
Neighborhood
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Tudor City is an apartment complex on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, bordering the Turtle Bay and Murray Hill neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood
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Lenox Hill is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.
Strecker Memorial Laboratory
- Type: Building
- Description: laboratory
- Categories: laboratory and former hospital
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.75226° or 40° 45′ 8″ northLongitude
-73.95823° or 73° 57′ 30″ westHeight
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87G8Q22R+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 284882461OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q630320
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Spanish—“Strecker Memorial Laboratory” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Strecker Memorial Laboratory”
- Spanish: “Strecker Memorial Laboratory”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Southpoint Park and Cornell Tech.
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