77th Street is home to Lenox Hill Hospital, which bears the neighbourhood’s name.
Founded in 1857 as the German Dispensary, the German Hospital has occupied its site here since 1869. In July 1918 it was renamed Lenox Hill Hospital, to distance it from America’s enemy in World War I. Lenox Hill recalls the Scottish merchant Robert Lenox (1759–1839), whose farm reached from 68th to 74th Street.