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BOROUGH PRESIDENT HELPS CELEBRATE GRAND OPENING OF THE BROOKLYN CHINESE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER IN SUNSET PARK

(Photograph by Kathryn Kirk)

On December 11th, Borough President Marty Markowitz joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez at the grand opening of the state-of-the-art Brooklyn Chinese Family Health Center (BCFHC), a five-story, 4,000 square foot health center located in the midst of the largest Chinese population in Brooklyn. It is a satellite of Lutheran Family Health Centers and was made possible through the Primary Care Development Corporation.

“I want to thank the leadership of Lutheran Medical Center and the Primary Care Development Corporation for their vision and commitment to providing comprehensive and culturally competent health care to Brooklyn’s rapidly growing Chinese-American community,” said Borough President Markowitz. “This new, state-of-the-art, Chinese family health center has everything. It is conveniently located, has extensive hours of operation that accommodate busy families, and a fully bi-lingual staff.”

BCFHC offers primary and dental services for the whole family. It is open weekdays, evenings and weekends. At full operation, the Center expects to provide more than 20,000 visits annually. It will also offer assistance in applying for health insurance including Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus and Prenatal Health Care Assistance Program.

The Borough President took a tour of the facility and posed with a number of its employees.