![](https://blogs.shu.edu/nyc-history/files/2017/12/lossy-page1-1200px-thumbnail.tif_-287x210.jpg)
This hospital reported one of the very first AIDS cases in the nation. It became one of the primary health centers for AIDS in New York City.[1]
![](https://blogs.shu.edu/nyc-history/files/2017/12/3-4_VIEW_OF_WEST_11TH_STREET_AND_SEVENTH_AVENUE_-_St._Vincents_Hospital_Elizabeth_Seton_Building_151-167_West_Eleventh_Street_New_York_New_York_County_NY_HABS_NY31-NEYO85A-3.tif_-150x210.jpg)
[1] Thomas Rzeznik, “The Church and the AIDS Crisis in New York City.” U.S. Catholic Historian 34, no. 1 (2016): 143-65.