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Birth Control Clinics in New York City, 1916-1940

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    A Century

  • Brownsville birth control clinic opened

    Brownsville birth control clinic opened
    Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the United States
  • Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau opens

    Margaret Sanger opens first legal birth control clinic in United States at Fifth Aveue.
  • New York Infirmary for Women and Children clinic opens

    Committee on Maternal Health opens a clinic at the New York Infirmary for Women and Children on East 15trh Street.
  • Woman's Hospital Clinic opens

    Committee on Maternal Health opens clinic on West 109th Street. It closed in 1933.
  • Lebanon Hospital Birth Control opened.

    The Committee on Maternal Health opened a birth control clinic at Lebanon Hospital.
  • Mount Sinai Hospital Clinic opens

    The Committee on Maternal Health opens a clinic at Mt. Sinal Hospital, on Fifth Avenue.
  • Columbus Hill Birth Control Clinic opened

    The American Birth Control League and the Urban League team to open a clinic in a public school building in an African-American neighborhood.
  • Sloane Hospital for Women opens a birth control clinic

    Sloane Hospital opens a clinic on West 168th Street.
  • New York Nursery & Child's Hospital Clinic opens

    Opened by the Committee on Maternal Health on West 61st Street. Closed in 1934.
  • Lenox Hill Hospital Maternal Health Clinic opens

    Committee on Maternal Health opens clinic on East 77th Street.
  • Union Helath Center opens

    A referral clinic was started at East 17th Street.
  • Beth Israel Hospital Maternal Health Clinic opened

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens a clinic at Beth Israel Hospital, remains open until 1936.
  • Harlem Branch of the Birth Control Clinic Research Bureau opens

    Margaret Sanger opens a branch clinic in Harlem on Seventh Street in conjunction with the Urban League.
  • Madison House Society Maternal Health Bureau opens

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens setlement house clinic on Madison Street.
  • Fifth Avenue Hospital Maternal Health Clinic opened.

    Fifth Avenue Hospital Maternal Health Clinic opened.
    The New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opened a clinic at the Fifth Avenue Hospital.
  • Sydenham Hospital Clinic opens

    Sydenham Hospital on Manhattan Avenue and 123 Street opens its own clinic.
  • Christ Church House Maternal Health clinic opened

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens a settlement cliic on West 36th Street.
  • Jewish Maternity Aid Association Maternal Health Bureau opened

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opened clinic at Settlement on East Broadway.
  • Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital Clinic opens

    Hospital opened clinic on Second Avenue.
  • Berwind Maternity Clinic opens

    Committee on Maternal Health opens clinic on East 103rd Street. Closes in 1933.
  • Methodist Episcopal Hospital clinic opens

    The Committee on Maternal Health opens a clinic at Methodist Episcopal Hospital on Sixth Street.
  • Council House Clinic opens

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League and New York Section of the National Council of Jewish Women open settlement clinic on Forest Avenue.
  • Union Settlement Maternal Health Center opened

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens settlement house clinic on East 104th Street.
  • Bronx House Mother's Health Clinic opens

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens settlement house clinic on Washington Avenue.
  • Recreation Rooms and Settlement House clinic opened

    A settlement clinic operated a clinic from 1933 to 1939, on First Street.
  • New York Diet Kitchen clinic opens

    A private clinic for "colored" patients opens on 125th Street. Closed in 1934.
  • New York University School of Medicine Clinic opens

    NYU School of Medicine opens clinic on First Avenue.
  • West Side Mothers Health Clinic opens

    Clinic opened on West 108th Street.
  • Wilson Day Nursery Mother's Health Center opens

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens clinic at West 69th Street.
  • Prescott House Mother's Health Bureau

    The New York Committee of the American Birth Control League opened a clinic at the Prescott House, a settlement associated with the Unitarian Church.
  • Stuyvesant House Maternal Health Clinic opened

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens a clinic in a settlement house.
  • University Settlement Maternal Health Clinic opens

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens settlement house clinic on Eldridge Street.
  • Judson Health Center opens

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opens clinic, also called Thompson Street Maternal Health Center.,
  • Federation Settlement Clinic opens

    Settlement clinic opened on East 105th Street. Closed in 1936.
  • Church of All Nations Maternal Health Bureau opened

    New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opened a birth control clinic on Second Avenue.
  • Juvenile House Clinic opened

    A birth control clinic was opened at Juvenile House, a settlement, on East 156th Street.
  • Christadora House Clinic opens

    Settlement house on Avenue B opens clinic.
  • International Worker's Order clinic opened

    International Worker's Order clinic opened
    Labor organization founds birth control clinic in Fifth Avenue.
  • Jewish Memorial Hospital Clinic

    Clinic opened on 196th Street.
  • Northern Dispensary Clinic opens

    Opened on Waverley Place.
  • Lutheran Hospital Clinic opens

    Hospital opens clinic on 144th and Convent Streets.
  • Fort George Presbyterian Church clinic opened

    Church opens clinic at 186th Street.
  • Settlement House of the East Side clinc opens

    Settlement clinic opens on Stanton Street.
  • Lebanon Hospital Clinic opened

    The New York City Committee of the American Birth Control League opened a clinic at Lebanon Hospital.