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Does anyone know who owns it now? I tried looking for the owner, but I couldn't find anything.

Just thought i would have a quiet rum and see how you fellas are getting on.Seen as Bennett is still standing that must be a good reason to indulge in one of lifes pleasures.Sure beats paying the powers that be taxes.At least we get something out of it.Pat i know from previous comments that you like Natures Natural Necture, so dont let me hold you back.And Wanderer hows things with you?Wanted to know mate when you went over to the school did you venture into the structure and get some good pictures for your collection.You were saying that trees blocked the outside pictures.The stone work at the base of the building is a good touch of craftmanship,and it looks really cool.And Pat,what sort of friend sells you a Haunted TV that wakes you up at times Normal people sleep?Friends have your best at heart unless they want to take the pi**, or just wanted to have a laugh at someone else.And as for summer ,we havnt got to that yet aye.But i hope the people that have it enjoy it to the max.

My Mother stayed here for a short visit in the 60s. She remained ill through out her life, although she was able to handle her illness with much help and medication.

These pictures are sad and a bit scary. It's sad to see that such an institution has fallen by the way side and left in ruins.

There is a real need for state mental facilities to be up and running in today's world of mass killing, such as that man did to the people in the theater. Today, there is no where for the sick to go...so they go out to shoot congresswomen, and people in theaters and Sikhs in their places of worship.

No Worrie Mr Motts. I'm 'glad your back to share your work. A high 5 from The Hague Netherlands.

Susan Taylor,
You are incredibly empathetic. In my experience the worst thing about mental illness is all the losses you endure. She never lost you though, and she was lucky. Your sister is also a testimony to the fact that people with severe mental illness can live outside of an institutional setting, have a job, and be happy. She must have felt grateful to have you.

I first visited my oldest sister at Kings Park in 1953. I was shocked at the overwhelming people put there, all the families suffering. I knew what her losses were: freedom, a husband, a brand new infant son, a son aged two, a comfortable home- she had made comfortable, her piano playing and singing and amazing sense of humor, her friendships, her athletisism, her way of having fun, her ability to do a good job. I thought that the sum total of all the losses represented there would fill the whole of Long Island. I was 12 years old. My sister was 26 i'll never forget her screams from the bars of a third floor barred window, her two year old crying back. She was a very mentally ill person before she got her medications and was at Kings Park for 32 years. She would go out and work for a while. Stop taking her meds and end up back at Kings Park. There were good times there and friends over the years. There were hard hurtful times there that she had to endure. In 1985 I had her transferred to a hospital near me and she lived seven happy years ending up with her own apartment job and a sister for a neighbor. I am very grateful for the many staff people and workers at Kings Park who did make my sister's life and losses easier. I hope the people viewing the abandoned hospital understand it is a precious, spiritual place. because no one

That is just fucking eerie.

The third floor in this pic was used for people caught with any kind of drugs in the sixties. By agreeing to go here for ninety days your record was expunged. This was in the days prior to any recognized drug treatment. No kind of therapy at all was given just playing cards and ping pong to pass the time.

In addition to the most fabulous photography by Mr. Motts, I am also greatly entertained by the hilarious back-and-forth conversations. Some of their comments are more disturbing than the photos. Love the come backs to ignorance.

@Motts,
I am loving all of these pictures! Ever since I read Project 17, I wanted to know more about DSH. I search things randomly.
I've actually been wondering if anyone from my family was ever a patient or worker there. Does anyone know how I can find out?
if so, email me here:
haleydallas2010@gmail.com
Thanks!!!

@Trakker,
Please don't use the term 'retards'. It means 'mentally ill/challenged' and is very disrespectful.
@Allison,
I love that book! I've read it twice! I can't find it anywhere in the new place I live, though! It sucks! :P

All the windowsills are slanted. I wonder why. Just like Gaebler and other places

Patrick
Did you know a shawna w. From ward A??

Patrick
That was just a day that they had a bad riot. I thought that was the time you were talking about. I don't think we know each other I was there from 88-91 and like 83-86. I don't remember the 83 time that well

I will sleep on those