12 Comments Posted by connie

is that a unicorn?

In the early 1980s Building 15 housed what were termed "Chronic/Acute" patients. There were six wards on three floors. The two wards on the first floor were "open" wards--the doors were not locked. Floors 2 and 3 had locked wards and the sickest patients were on the third floor. The elevator could only be accessed by staff with a key. Parking was in the back of the building where the ground was lower. The entry was into the basement where the laundry was stored.

Before they moved the patients over from Central Islip hospital every ward in Group 4 was a female ward (geriatrics).

This was a dormitory. They were modified for patient "privacy" as an upgrade from its being completely open originally. There were armoire closets in each cubicle between the beds for patients belongings. The office had a window that the evening and night staff could get a quick look into the dorm while in the office completing charts and records.

Yeah, that's a staff coffee room; but the med room was the same size--two doors down the hall (at least in Group 4 they were).

Creepy one.
I wonder who crypt it belongs to?

Very beautiful picture, one of the most I have ever seen.

Oh great pictures, looks like it was taken from around the turn of the century.

I am new here and think this is an awesome site, and this picture is one of those things that make you go umm?

These pictures are quite informative.
As far as looking at the records (that should have been destroyed) is concerned, I'd be curious to see what kind of treatment some of these people had. I bet it was hideous.
I wonder where these people are now.
Connie

Just ask lynne,she knows everything.

i found out my uncle lived there and i think it is just roten that you people just keep bringing up thing that the people that lived there want to forget. how would you like people talking about your passed? it make me cry just to have you guys talking about my family.