3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

I thought they were old cloudy plastic, but the crack in the bottom left does look like glass. I suppose it's just grime from sitting for so long.

I didn't try, since the back door was open and there are lots of neighbors around. If I did, the squealing hinges probably would've alerted everyone in the town!

I would totally sleep here instead of an airbnb.

Darn!

Thanks Steven!

Thanks Jen!

I am a very expensive date.

Oh yeah, I hadn't noticed the mosaic under there for some reason, nice catch. Looks like it was removed to put the electric in then plastered over.

Sorry to hear about the bad stay. I do wonder how often Thorazine was used as a catch-all drug; clearly it helped a lot of people, but of course it cannot work for everyone. Haven't heard about the photo-sensitivity side effect before. Thank you for sharing.

No, it's off limits to the public.

The date of the construction of these homes seems to be largely unknown, however they were originally built for workers of the Newark Water and Reservoir Plant; I'm sure if you dug into the history there you could get to an approximate year.

Is it my responsibility that the dead are respected? I would think that burden rests on the company that operates the cemetery, who profits from the plots rentals and burials.

If it's any consolation, the mausoleum was sealed shut shortly after these photos were taken.

It reads "Toots," it was a metal piece made by a graffiti artist for his girlfriend.

Hi Stacey, I wasn't able to photograph the place before it was trashed, however there are images of the hospital in operation on the main location page:
https://opacity.us/sit...hospital_byberry.htm

No worries Mary, if you'd like a print just let me know. Central Islip State Hospital was a huge facility, especially back in the 1960s before they started tearing buildings down. Thank you for posting your memories of CI!