Central Islip Psychiatric Center
USA /
New York /
Central Islip /
World
/ USA
/ New York
/ Central Islip
World / United States / New York
historical layer / disappeared object, psychiatric hospital / clinic
Opened in 1889, closed in 1996 (along with the Kings Park Psychiatric Center).
It opened in 1889 to house the sick from Manhattan in what was called at the time the New Colony.[2] Kings County Farm Colony opened in 1890 to house those from Brooklyn. Pilgrim opened in 1931 and Edgewood in 1946 (which acted as Pilgrim's Tubercular Division).
The state bought the land for US$25 per acre.
49 male and 40 female patients were admitted in 1889 for "O&O" (Occupation and Oxygen) and "R&R" (Rest and Relaxation) at a working farm. Patients cleared the land, constructed buildings, made the furniture and mattresses, sewed their clothing, grew crops and raised dairy cattle, pigs and chickens.[3]
After New York State bought it, it was renamed the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane (although the "for Insane" portion was frequently not included in articles).[4]
The initial buildings grew to be a nearly mile-long interconnected series of buildings called the "chain of pearls."
Until the Great Depression patients would arrive by a special hospital train with bars on the windows on a siding off the Long Island Railroad.
More modern buildings were arranged closer together in the Sunburst building.
The hospital was renamed the Central Islip State Hospital and finally the Central Islip Psychiatric Center.
It closed in 1996 when the last patients were transferred to the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center.
The campus has been redeveloped into a variety of uses, including the New York Institute of Technology's Central Islip campus, a shopping center and residential housing. There are still a few abandoned buildings scattered about the campus.
It opened in 1889 to house the sick from Manhattan in what was called at the time the New Colony.[2] Kings County Farm Colony opened in 1890 to house those from Brooklyn. Pilgrim opened in 1931 and Edgewood in 1946 (which acted as Pilgrim's Tubercular Division).
The state bought the land for US$25 per acre.
49 male and 40 female patients were admitted in 1889 for "O&O" (Occupation and Oxygen) and "R&R" (Rest and Relaxation) at a working farm. Patients cleared the land, constructed buildings, made the furniture and mattresses, sewed their clothing, grew crops and raised dairy cattle, pigs and chickens.[3]
After New York State bought it, it was renamed the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane (although the "for Insane" portion was frequently not included in articles).[4]
The initial buildings grew to be a nearly mile-long interconnected series of buildings called the "chain of pearls."
Until the Great Depression patients would arrive by a special hospital train with bars on the windows on a siding off the Long Island Railroad.
More modern buildings were arranged closer together in the Sunburst building.
The hospital was renamed the Central Islip State Hospital and finally the Central Islip Psychiatric Center.
It closed in 1996 when the last patients were transferred to the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center.
The campus has been redeveloped into a variety of uses, including the New York Institute of Technology's Central Islip campus, a shopping center and residential housing. There are still a few abandoned buildings scattered about the campus.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Islip_Psychiatric_Center
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°46'34"N 73°11'48"W
- Pilgrim Psychiatric Center 8.8 km
- Kings Park Psychiatric Center 15 km
- Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital 112 km
- North Princeton Developmental Center (Skillman Village) 133 km
- Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry Mental Hospital) 169 km
- Ancora Psychiatric Hospital 187 km
- Norristown State Hospital 196 km
- Wernersville State Hospital 252 km
- Springfield State Hospital 356 km
- Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority 1238 km
- Central Islip, New York 0.5 km
- North Great River, New York 3.1 km
- Connetquot River State Park Preserve 4 km
- Brentwood, New York 4.8 km
- Islip, New York 5.3 km
- East Islip, New York 5.8 km
- Bohemia, New York 6 km
- Oakdale, New York 6.6 km
- Great River, New York 6.7 km
- Suffolk County, New York 48 km
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