[5] The number of beds has increased from 500 to 815 to, as of 2012, 1,025;[6] in 2020 they were described as "one of the largest public nursing facilities in the world.

"[7] They received part of the Federal government's post Hurricane Sandy funding of "$1.6 Billion for Storm Improvements.

[10] In mid-August 1972, the movie The Exorcist began principal photography at Goldwater, shooting a scene where Jason Miller as Father Karras and Titos Vandis as his uncle argue about the care Karras's aging mother is receiving.

[11] Goldwater was built on city-owned land, and shut its doors on December 31, 2013,[12] to provide for the new Cornell Tech campus.

The hospital's closure and patient relocation was first announced in 2010, and demolition began in January 2014 with the removal of asbestos.