Brighten Someone’s Day with a Visit

If you have a friend or loved one staying at New York Methodist, we encourage you to stop in for a visit. Friends and relatives who wish to know your location, condition or
visiting hours, may call Patient Information at (718) 780-3010.

Visiting Hours:

Medical/Surgical                               9 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Pediatrics                                           Noon – 8 p.m. (relatives and friends)
Parents may visit anytime.
One parent is encouraged to stay overnight.

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit         
Parents may visit anytime.
One parent is encouraged to stay overnight.
Visits by other relatives can be arranged with the nurse.

Mother/Baby Unit                             General visitors and siblings, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
                                                              Fathers: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Neonatal                                             24-hour visiting for parents. Grandparents

Intensive Care Nursery  
One daily visit for parents for 20 minutes. Siblings may visit, accompanied by a parent, for 20 minutes between 3 – 5 p.m.

Adult Psychiatry                               Monday to Friday: 3 – 5 p.m., 6 – 8 p.m.
                                                              Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: Noon – 8 p.m.

Seniors Psychiatry                          Noon – 8 p.m.

Oncology                                            24-hour visiting.

Critical Care Units                           24-hour visiting: Two visitors per bedside.

Cardiothoracic Intensive               24-hour visiting: Two visitors per bedside.

Care Unit
Rehabilitation Unit                           9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Therapy hours:                                 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

If you need to visit at a time other than the ones listed above, please arrange to do so
with the nurse of the unit. Visiting hours may be modified according to a patient’s needs or during emergency situations.

Visiting Policies
You may have two visitors at a time. Children under the age of 14 may visit only with the
permission of the nurse manager or nursing supervisor. However, siblings of newborn babies, age two and above, are permitted to visit the Mother/Baby Unit from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. You may have up to four visitors at a bedside in the Birthing Center.

Please ask your visitors not to leave young children unattended in the lobby. Also, ask visitors to cooperate in following smoking regulations. Smoking is especially dangerous when oxygen is in use.