Birthing-friendly hospitals in New York

Birthing-friendly hospitals › New York

New York has 112 birthing-friendly hospitals. 112 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 38 min.

The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement programme and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programmes rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.

Hospital	City	ER wait	CMS rating
Albany Medical Center Hospital	Albany	4 hr 26 min	1/5
St Peter's Hospital	Albany	5 hr 41 min	2/5
St Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam	Amsterdam	2 hr 35 min	3/5
Auburn Memorial Hospital	Auburn	3 hr 44 min	2/5
United Memorial Medical Center	Batavia	2 hr 47 min	2/5
Southside Hospital	Bay Shore	4 hr 44 min	3/5
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, INC	Binghamton	3 hr 39 min	3/5
United Health Services Hosps	Binghamton	3 hr 42 min	2/5
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center	Bronx	3 hr 6 min	1/5
Jacobi Medical Center	Bronx	3 hr 40 min	2/5
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center	Bronx	3 hr 54 min	2/5
Montefiore Medical Center	Bronx	3 hr 13 min	3/5
St Barnabas Hospital	Bronx	5 hr 1 min	1/5
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center	Brooklyn	3 hr 48 min	1/5
Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus	Brooklyn	3 hr 20 min	2/5
Coney Island Hospital	Brooklyn	2 hr 40 min	2/5
Kings County Hospital Center	Brooklyn	4 hr 21 min	1/5
Maimonides Medical Center	Brooklyn	3 hr 28 min	2/5
University Hospital of Brooklyn ( Downstate )	Brooklyn	2 hr 44 min	1/5
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center	Brooklyn	3 hr 18 min	2/5
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center	Brooklyn	3 hr 38 min	2/5
Buffalo General Hospital	Buffalo	3 hr 50 min	3/5
Kaleida Health	Buffalo	3 hr 50 min	3/5
Mercy Hospital	Buffalo	5 hr 7 min	2/5
Sisters of Charity Hospital	Buffalo	3 hr 23 min	3/5
F F Thompson Hospital	Canandaigua	3 hr 42 min	2/5
Putnam Hospital Center	Carmel	2 hr 50 min	3/5
Putnam Hospital Center	Carmel	2 hr 50 min	3/5
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital	Cooperstown	3 hr 19 min	2/5
Corning Hospital	Corning	3 hr 30 min	3/5
Cornwall Hospital	Cornwall	3 hr 14 min	2/5
Cortland Regional Medical Center, INC	Cortland	3 hr 2 min	3/5
Hudson Valley Hospital Center	Cortlandt Manor	3 hr 22 min	5/5
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital	Dansville	3 hr 22 min	3/5
Nassau University Medical Center	East Meadow	2 hr 44 min	1/5
Elizabethtown Community Hospital	Elizabethtown	1 hr 49 min	4/5
Arnot Ogden Medical Center	Elmira	3 hr 32 min	2/5
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore	Far Rockaway	3 hr 53 min	1/5
Glens Falls Hospital	Glens Falls	4 hr 20 min	3/5
Nathan Littauer Hospital	Gloversville	2 hr 49 min	2/5
Orange Regional Medical Center	Goshen	4 hr 12 min	4/5
Catskill Regional Medical Center	Harris	3 hr 3 min	2/5
Huntington Hospital	Huntington	3 hr 14 min	5/5
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca	Ithaca	4 hr 4 min	3/5
Jamaica Hospital Med Center	Jamaica	3 hr 47 min	1/5
Queens Hospital Center	Jamaica	4 hr 5 min	2/5
Woman's Christian Association	Jamestown	2 hr 51 min	2/5
United Health Services Hospitals, INC	Johnson City	3 hr 42 min	2/5
Benedictine Hospital	Kingston	3 hr 42 min	1/5
North Shore University Hospital	Manhasset	4 hr 12 min	5/5
Schuyler Hospital, INC	Montour Falls	1 hr 51 min	—
Northern Westchester Hospital	Mt Kisco	3 hr 16 min	5/5
Long Island Jewish Medical Center	New Hyde Park	4 hr 12 min	4/5
Sound Shore Medical Center of Westschester	New Rochelle	2 hr 58 min	1/5
Bellevue Hospital Center	New York	3 hr 1 min	2/5
Bellevue Hospital Center	New York	3 hr 1 min	2/5
Elmhurst Hospital Center	New York	4 hr 38 min	2/5
Flushing Hospital Medical Center	New York	3 hr 40 min	2/5
Harlem Hospital Center	New York	2 hr 24 min	2/5
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center	New York	3 hr 47 min	1/5
Lenox Hill Hospital	New York	3 hr 4 min	5/5
Metropolitan Hospital Center	New York	2 hr 51 min	3/5
Mount Sinai Hospital	New York	4 hr 8 min	4/5
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens	New York	4 hr 40 min	5/5
New York-Presbyterian Hospital	New York	3 hr 44 min	5/5
NYU Hospitals Center	New York	3 hr 23 min	5/5
St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital	New York	4 hr 32 min	4/5
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital	Newark	3 hr 25 min	2/5
St Luke's Cornwall Hospital	Newburgh	3 hr 14 min	2/5
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center	Niagara Falls	3 hr 49 min	1/5
Chenango Memorial Hospital, INC	Norwich	1 hr 48 min	2/5
Nyack Hospital	Nyack	3 hr 59 min	2/5
South Nassau Communities Hospital	Oceanside	3 hr 39 min	3/5
Olean General Hospital	Olean	2 hr 20 min	1/5
Oneida Healthcare Center	Oneida	2 hr 40 min	2/5
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Ctr	Plattsburgh	3 hr 43 min	2/5
St Charles Hospital	Port Jefferson	3 hr 48 min	5/5
Canton-Potsdam Hospital	Potsdam	2 hr 22 min	2/5
Vassar Brothers Medical Center	Poughkeepsie	4 hr 55 min	3/5
Northern Dutchess Hospital	Rhinebeck	3 hr 24 min	4/5
Peconic Bay Medical Center	Riverhead	3 hr 38 min	2/5
Highland Hospital	Rochester	5 hr 4 min	3/5
Rochester General Hospital	Rochester	3 hr 53 min	2/5
Strong Memorial Hospital	Rochester	4 hr 7 min	3/5
Unity Hospital of Rochester	Rochester	4 hr 59 min	2/5
Mercy Medical Center	Rockville Centre	3 hr 58 min	5/5
Rome Memorial Hospital, INC	Rome	2 hr 53 min	2/5
Adirondack Medical Center	Saranac Lake	2 hr 16 min	4/5
Adirondack Medical Center	Saranac Lake	2 hr 16 min	4/5
Saratoga Hospital	Saratoga Springs	4 hr 56 min	3/5
Ellis Hospital	Schenectady	3 hr 52 min	3/5
Phelps Memorial Hospital Assn	Sleepy Hollow	3 hr 22 min	4/5
Richmond University Medical Center	Staten Island	3 hr 20 min	1/5
Staten Island University Hospital	Staten Island	3 hr 2 min	3/5
University Hospital	Stony Brook	3 hr 43 min	5/5
University Hospital ( Stony Brook )	Stony Brook	3 hr 43 min	5/5
Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern	Suffern	3 hr 35 min	3/5
Crouse Hospital	Syracuse	3 hr 40 min	2/5
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center	Syracuse	3 hr 46 min	2/5
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center	Syracuse	4 hr 51 min	3/5
Samaritan Hospital	Troy	3 hr 48 min	3/5
Faxton-St Luke's Healthcare	Utica	3 hr 31 min	1/5
Westchester Medical Center	Valhalla	3 hr 55 min	2/5
Westchester Medical Center	Valhalla	3 hr 55 min	2/5
St Anthony Community Hospital	Warwick	2 hr 42 min	4/5
Samaritan Medical Center	Watertown	4 hr 20 min	2/5
Jones Memorial Hospital	Wellsville	2 hr 24 min	4/5
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center	West Islip	3 hr 44 min	3/5
White Plains Hospital Center	White Plains	2 hr 47 min	5/5
White Plains Hospital Ctr	White Plains	2 hr 47 min	5/5
St John's Riverside Hospital	Yonkers	3 hr 38 min	3/5
St John's Riverside Hospital	Yonkers	3 hr 38 min	3/5

Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in New York, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.