WTC site damage assessment map, Sept 21, 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Environmental Impacts

Excavation to repair, replace or retrofit underground utilities would be required in specific areas to be defined by the responsible party. Due to the number of utilities typically located beneath New York City streets, construction of the proposed alternatives, including utility upgrade, repairs and replacements, would affect all underground utilities. Engineering studies would be performed to 'dentify where utilities are located so that utility protection measures would be developed and to ensure that service would be maintained. To ensure that no significant adverse impacts occur to existing utility infi-astructure, a utility relocation report would be developed by project designers. A detailed field survey would be conducted and finalized during the project design stage with collaboration from a variety of agencies, property owners, and private utility companies.

3.6.3. J Health Care Services

The NY Downtown Hospital (affiliated with the NYU Medical Center) is the only hospital within Manhattan Community District 1, located at 170 William Street near its termination at Beekman Street. This hospital is an approximately 300-bed facility with approximately 1,100 employees, including full- and part-time staff. NY Downtown Hospital is a community hospital, specially designed and staffed to accommodate nearby Chinese and Hispanic communities. There are no specialized health care units at this hospital. Emergency facilities at the NY Downtown Hospital include an emergency room and two ambulance units, one operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and another operating 8 hours per day, five days per week, to serve the large daytime population of the office workers in lower Manhattan. Table 3-9 identifies health-care facilities capable of servicing the lower Manhattan area. Table 3-9 Summary of Health-Care Facilities Capable of Servicing Downtown Manhattan Property Description/Number Information ; of Beds,/: -■ ■.' Inform-ition

Bellevue 26,500 admitted This hospital is a 911 Hospital Center 489,000 ambulatory receiving hospital

89;SiHM emergency 500 trauma Level I

NYU Downtown 10,000 inpatient Voluntary, not-for-profit Specializes in Hospital 75,000 outpatient community teaching ambulatory care; active hospital; full-service, emergency department 170 William 30,000 emergency acute care facility; 300 Street 600;SlilB treated beds

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