[9] Starting in 2018,[10] a ten-floor structure was built to replace the Hammett Pavilion, which will be demolished to create an open plaza and facilitate the construction of a flood-resistant barrier.

[10][11] Hospital officials announced in August 2021 that the new building would be named after the late U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

[15] At 371 beds, Coney Island Hospital is the major medical service provider in southern Brooklyn with over 15,000 discharges and over 255,000 outpatient visits.

[3] As part of the upcoming renovation, Coney Island Hospital is planned to downsize to 351 beds,[9] but with single-patient rooms in the new building.

[11] The 2016 day-after-admission death of a patient who was treated as if emotionally disturbed and shackled to her bed was investigated and found to be due to mistreatment, resulting in "three of the facility’s top officials" leaving their positions and several others reduced in rank or taking early retirement.

[16] At the time, there had been reports the "scores of people had been hired at Coney Island Hospital without proper authorization".