Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History
Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History

Author: Jason Medina

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2018-03-27

Total Pages: 1047

ISBN-13: 1543483577

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This book is the definitive history of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which at one time, was the largest state hospital in New York. Located on Long Island, it occupied nearly 873 acres of land and was in operation from 1885 to 1996. At its prime, it housed up to ten thousand patients. Today, much of its former land belongs to the Nissequogue River State Park, but its many abandoned hospital buildings have become a magnet for urban explorers, ghost hunters, and scavengers.

Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History
Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History

Author: Jason Medina

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1543479731

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This book is the definitive history of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which at one time, was the largest state hospital in New York. Located on Long Island, it occupied nearly 873 acres of land and was in operation from 1885 to 1996. At its prime, it housed up to ten thousand patients. Today, much of its former land belongs to the Nissequogue River State Park, but its many abandoned hospital buildings have become a magnet for urban explorers, ghost hunters, and scavengers.

Kings Park Psychiatric Center
Kings Park Psychiatric Center

Author: L. F. Blanchard

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1467102873

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Kings Park Psychiatric Center, or the Psych Center as it is known locally, was unique for its time, as its focus was on patient care and making the hospital as homelike as possible. The facility was made up of a series of smaller buildings to give the feeling of community to the patients and staff alike, and both men and women were treated fairly and humanely. Long Island was home to many immigrants, some of whom had difficulty adjusting to life in the United States. This unique population led to interesting personal stories of those who worked at this facility, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their pasts and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental-health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the now-abandoned Psych Center, where these stories unfurled.

Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History
Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History

Author: Jason Medina

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1543483607

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This book is the definitive history of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which at one time was the largest state hospital in New York. Located on Long Island, it occupied nearly 873 acres of land and was in operation from 1885 to 1996. At its prime, it housed up to ten thousand patients. Today, much of its former land belongs to the Nissequogue River State Park, but its many abandoned hospital buildings have become a magnet for urban explorers, ghost hunters, and scavengers.

Long Island Asylums Revealed: Kings Park Pychiatric Center
Long Island Asylums Revealed: Kings Park Pychiatric Center

Author: John Leita

Publisher:

Published: 2007-03-14

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9781441458391

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Complete set of blueprints and maps of the massive abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center, on Long Island. It includes maps of the labyrinth of steam tunnels, architectural drawings of every building, and footnotes of interesting details.

Abandoned NYC
Abandoned NYC

Author: Will Ellis

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2015-02-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764347610

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From Manhattan and Brooklyn's trendiest neighbourhoods to the far-flung edges of the outer boroughs, Ellis captures the lost and lonely corners of New York. Step inside the New York you never knew, with 200 eerie images of urban decay

Long Island State Hospitals
Long Island State Hospitals

Author: Joseph M. Galante

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467103586

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In the fall of 1885, the City of New York transferred 55 men and women living at the Kings County Asylum to the new St. Johnland farm colony "to promote rational outdoor living, exercise, and occupation." In 1887, just a few miles away at Central Islip, another City of New York farm colony was established for the chronically mentally ill. Founded on the principles of moral therapy, the farm colonies provided treatment, recreation, religious services, and hope towards integration back into society for patients. In 1931, Pilgrim State was constructed as a final solution to address the growing needs of Long Island's state hospital system. By 1955, more than 32,000 individuals were receiving board and care at the three facilities. This publication illustrates the legacy of humility, beneficence, and devotion to the mentally ill for over 111 years of the Long Island State Hospitals' joint operations through photographs appearing courtesy of a private collection.

Abandoned America
Abandoned America

Author: Matthew Christopher

Publisher: Jonglez Photo Books

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782361950941

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Originally intended as an examination of the rise and fall of the state hospital system, Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America rapidly grew to encompass derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.