The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center (AMC) has completed Phase II of its $125 million, 83,000-square-foot expansion and renovation project at 510 East 62nd Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Known as the world’s largest veterinary teaching hospital and New York City’s only Level 1 Veterinary Trauma Center, AMC has officially opened a new nine-story commercial tower featuring a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, medical-surgical unit, avian and exotics unit, and a new education and conference center. The property is located along York Avenue between East 61st and 62nd Streets.
Photograph of new facility at 510 East 62nd Street. Courtesy of AMC Marketing
Phase II follows the completion of Phase I in January 2024, which introduced the Denise and Michael Kellen Institute for Surgical Care. That expansion tripled AMC’s surgical capacity, adding over 7,000 square feet of clinical space with five new operating rooms and expanded recovery and sterilization facilities. Together, these upgrades are designed to increase AMC’s ability to accommodate and treat the growing number of pet patients it serves annually.
Photograph of new facility at 510 East 62nd Street. Courtesy of AMC Marketing
Phase III, anticipated to conclude later in 2025, will complete the full expansion with new departments for emergency, cardiology, radiology, ophthalmology, neurology, and internal medicine. This marks the first hospital-wide renovation of such scale in 60 years, modernizing a facility originally constructed in 1960.
Photograph of new facility at 510 East 62nd Street. Courtesy of AMC Marketing
Public transportation options nearby the hospital include the Q train at 72nd Street and the 6 train at the 68th Street-Hunter College station.
Photograph of new facility at 510 East 62nd Street. Courtesy of AMC Marketing
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