[2][3] The primary goal of the center is to train future physicians that are qualified medically and personably.

[4] Wycoff Heights is one of only ten hospitals left in New York City to operate as a stand-alone facility.

[5] In 1887 the German Hospital Society of Brooklyn was organized by the Plattdeutscher Volksfest-Verein for the purpose of raising funds, purchasing land, and constructing a hospital to serve the large German immigrant community in Brooklyn.

[13] Surgeons at Wyckoff Medical Center were the first in the state and surrounding Tri-state area to perform an artificial disc implant into a spine.

[17] In 2012, Consumer Reports ranked Wyckoff Heights Medical Center worse than average in the NYC area in patient safety.