NYU Langone plans first new Long Island hospital since 1980 — in Melville

NYU Langone Health has announced plans to build a new academic medical center in Melville — the first ground-up hospital construction on Long Island in nearly a half-century.

The health system last month completed its purchase of a 45-acre parcel at the Huntington Quadrangle in Melville, just southeast of where the Long Island Expressway meets Route 110, for $135.5 million.

The new facility, located in Huntington Town, will include more than 500 private inpatient rooms, over 70 emergency department bays, and advanced operating and procedure suites with the latest diagnostic imaging technology, NYU Langone officials said.

The campus will also house the tuition-free NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine — the only accelerated three-year MD program in New York focused on primary care — along with scientific research space and a broad ambulatory care footprint.

NYU Langone anticipates construction will generate some 8,000 union construction jobs on Long Island and an additional 2,500 indirect jobs. Once open, the campus will create thousands of permanent positions.

“This is one of the most ambitious and exciting projects ever undertaken by NYU Langone,” said Alec Kimmelman, the system’s dean and CEO. “The benefits to Long Island — a community I grew up in, and one that our institution cares deeply about — will allow us to better serve patients across Nassau and Suffolk Counties with the highest-quality care.”

NYU Langone said it will work with Huntington Town officials to integrate the campus into their broader vision for the Melville Town Center.

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine called the announcement “a tremendous victory for Long Island,” adding that the facility will bring “a new level of care and research, create jobs for thousands, provide educational opportunities, and become part of the community.”

Huntington Town Supervisor Ed Smyth said the project “will undoubtedly be a major component for the Melville Town Center.”

Before construction can begin, the project needs state and local approvals and an environmental impact study with a public comment period.

Meanwhile, NYU Langone said it will maintain its Mineola presence and expand emergency and specialty services there, including cancer, cardiology and neurology, during and after the Melville campus is built.

The health system also plans to add radiation oncology services at its Mineola Research and Academic Center and renovate the Perlmutter Cancer Center on Mineola Boulevard.

_{Top: artist rendering of new hospital planned for Melville.}