Brookwood Child Care.

Brookwood Child Care of Brooklyn, N.Y. was also known as the Brookwood Orphan Asylum.

The Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn was established as the first organization of its kind by Mrs. Joshua (Ann) Sands and other prominent Brooklynites in 1833. The society was formed in response to a cholera epidemic in the summer of 1832, which left many children as orphans. The Orphan Asylum Society cared for children who were destitute or orphaned, offering shelter, food, and schooling. Throughout the 19th century, the society housed children until adulthood, or arranged indentures to families outside of Brooklyn. The asylum moved several times due to overpopulation, from its original location at the Jackson Mansion on Willow Street and Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights, to its final location at Brookwood Hall in East Islip, N.Y in 1942. In 1952, a new branch of the society named Brookwood Child Care opened on Adelphi Street in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, offering adoptions, foster care, and social services to families in Brooklyn. The society continued operation under the Brookwood name until its closure in 2003.