New York

Baby-Friendly Hospitals in New York support moms and babies by making breastfeeding easier and encouraging bonding right from birth. These hospitals follow special guidelines to help moms start breastfeeding, provide lactation support, and promote skin-to-skin contact, giving babies the best start.

Hospitals earn this designation through the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) by meeting standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

• Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
• Elmhurst Hospital Center
• Flushing Hospital Medical Center
• Good Samaritan University Hospital
• Harlem Hospital Center
• Jacobi Medical Center
• Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
• John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital
• Kings County Hospital Center
• Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
• Long Island Jewish Forest Hills
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• Metropolitan Hospital Center
• Montefiore Med Center-Jack D Weiler Hosp of A Einstein College Div
• Montefiore Medical Center – Wakefield Hospital
• Mount Sinai South Nassau
• New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist
• New York Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital
• New York Presbyterian/Queens
• New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
• New York-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital
• Newark-Wayne Community Hospital
• NYC Health + Hospitals/ Bellevue
• NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx
• NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
• NYU Langone Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn
• NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island
• Phelps Hospital
• Queens Hospital Center
• Rochester General Hospital
• SBH Health System
• South Shore University Hospital
• St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
• St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
• St. Peter’s Hospital
• United Memorial Medical Center
• Unity Hospital
• University Hospital of Brooklyn
• Upstate University Hospital-Community Campus - White Plains Hospital
• Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center
• Wyckoff Heights Medical Center