North General Hospital’s Primary Service Area (PSA) consists of 6 zip codes, in Central and East Harlem, where NGH is situated. East Harlem is coincident with Manhattan’s Community Board #11, whose boundaries are Fifth Avenue on the west, the East River on the east, 96th Street on the south and the Harlem River and Hell’s Gate on the north.
It includes zip codes 10029, 10035 and a major portion of 10037.
Central Harlem is coincident with Manhattan’s Community Board # 10, whose boundaries are the Hudson River on the west, the Harlem River on the east, Central Park North on the south and the Harlem River Drive on the north. Central Harlem includes zip codes 10026, 10027, 10030, 10037 and 10039.
Nowhere are the divisions of race, ethnicity and culture more sharply drawn than in the health of the people in the United States. Despite recent progress in overall national health, there are continuing disparities in the incidence of illness and death among African Americans, Latino/Hispanic Americans, and other minority populations as compared with the country’s population as a whole. Residents of the communities served by North General Hospital continue to face numerous barriers to care, including immigration status, language, income, education and lack of insurance.
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