New ‘club' to help NYHQ expansion

In an effort to further serve the community that surrounds them, New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) announced the establishment of the &#8220Good Neighbor Club,” a new health and wellness program for residents from Queensboro Hill.
Through the &#8220Good Neighbor Club,” NYHQ will offer a series of wellness and preventative measures to help better meet the healthcare needs of its neighbors in recognition of the effect that a major medical center can have on a local community.
NYHQ is seeking a rezoning of their campus from R4 to R6 in order to proceed with the construction of a major new hospital wing. The proposal is making its way through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedures (ULURP), having secured favorable recommendations from Community Board 7 and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall.
&#8220This expansion plan is good for our community; it's good for our City,” Councilmember John Liu said. &#8220At the same time, the expansion does have an impact on the immediately surrounding neighborhood. Acknowledging that reality, I'm very pleased that with this ‘Good Neighbor Club,' we are highlighting some very special reasons why having a hospital nearby is very beneficial.”
&#8220The ‘Good Neighbor Club' will offer a variety of screening and other preventative measures to those residents who enroll,” added Stephen Mills, president & CEO of NYHQ.
Liu worked feverishly with the hospital to develop the ‘Good Neighbor Club' to benefit the hospital’s neighboring residents, who will bear the real life burdens of the hospital's expansion. The program will include: stroke risk and cardiac risk assessments, mammograms, smoking cessation classes, flu shots, newborn care and safety classes, and screenings for glaucoma, bone density, and childhood obesity.
It will be offered quarterly on weekends in the spring, summer, fall and winter. All activities in the program will be offered free-of-charge to all &#8220Good Neighbor Club” members. Their insurers will not be charged for any screening services. The hospital will follow up with results that are outside normal findings and will recommend visits to the patient’s practitioner of choice.
Letters with sign-up forms will be sent shortly to residents of the Queensboro Hill area bounded by: College Point Boulevard on the west, Horace Harding Expressway to the south, and Kissena Boulevard on the east. The area will then extend north along the west side of Kissena Boulevard to Elder Avenue and west on Elder to Main Street, including both sides of Kissena Boulevard, from Holly to Elder avenues, and both sides of Elder Avenue from Kissena Boulevard to Main Street.