For more than 150 years , St. Vincent 's Hospital served a wide range of New Yorkers , especially in its neighborhood of Greenwich Village , including poets , writers , artists , homeless people , the poor and the working class . It treated victims of the cholera epidemic of 1849 and of the Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549 . It was the designated provider for New York and New Jersey members of the U.S. Department of Defense Health Plan . Over time it expanded to become a major medical and research center . It maintained its connection to the Roman Catholic tradition , and was sponsored by the Bishop of Brooklyn and the President of the Sisters of Charity of New York
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549
Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center