Yorkville in Toronto, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Mount Sinai Hospital

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 1, 2025

1. Mount Sinai Hospital Marker

Inscription. This brick façade was once part of the first Mount Sinai Hospital, an institution founded in 1922 to provide medical services particularly for the city's many Jewish immigrants. Since existing hospitals did not offer such services as Yiddish-speaking staff or kosher food, the Ezras Noshem Society, a "ladies' aid" organization, held a successful fundraising campaign and opened the Jewish Maternity and Convalescent Hospital on this site. Reorganized and renamed Mount Sinai Hospital in 1923, the small facility also welcomed Jewish doctors and medical interns - often excluded from other hospitals.

In 1934, architects Benjamin Kaminker and Edward Richmond designed this façade as an addition to the hospital. In 1953, Mount Sinai moved to a new site on University Avenue. The façade, the only remaining portion of the old hospital building, was incorporated into a residential and commercial development completed in 2009.

Erected 2010 by Heritage Toronto.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Immigration • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Toronto Heritage series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1922.

Location. 43° 40.258′ N, 79° 23.537′ W. Marker is in Toronto

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, Ontario. It is in Yorkville. It is on Yorkville Avenue 0.1 kilometers west of Bellair Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 98 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto ON M5R 1B9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto

and on the Golden Horseshoe.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Penny Farthing (within shouting distance of this marker); John Daniels House (within shouting distance of this marker); Budd Sugarman (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Public Transit in Yorkville (about 120 meters away); Heliconian Hall (about 120 meters away); Toronto Heliconian Club (about 150 meters away); Church of the Redeemer (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Eastern Sound Studio (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Toronto.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 1, 2025

2. Mount Sinai Hospital Marker

Mount Sinai Hospital marker photos and captions detail (left) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 1, 2025

3. Mount Sinai Hospital marker photos and captions detail (left)

Mount Sinai Hospital marker photos and captions detail (right) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 1, 2025

4. Mount Sinai Hospital marker photos and captions detail (right)

Former Mount Sinai Hospital in 2025 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, June 1, 2025

5. Former Mount Sinai Hospital in 2025

Credits. This page was last revised on June 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 132 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 4, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.