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When I grew up in Haverstraw we were told the story of Mikey's grave and how the doctors experimented on the patients.

Gosh, I miss Rocky Point SO MUCH! I spent many, many summer days there in the 70s and it didn't get better than that! You got the yarn wrist bracelet fastened with a metal clip and it was awesome to show it off throughout the park because that meant you were one of the lucky ones to ride all day for one price (at the time it was like $3.50!!!) Many of my favorite rides were like 5 and 6 tickets, which was ALOT back then! Since finding this site, I've become completely obsessed with Rocky Point all over again. I just saw the Rocky Point movie, "You Must Be This Tall" and I'll tell you, it brought me right back onto that midway. A must-see for anyone who basically grew up at Rocky Point! I'm on a mission to find more photos and even collectibles if they're around, although funny...everyone who was lucky enough to get a piece of the park before it was demolished I'm sure would NEVER put that stuff on eBay! These abandoned photographs bring tears to my eyes. I think I'll drive down there tomorrow and scope it out. I'd actually like to plan one day to get in there...just to be there again.

Forgot to add... See the wires hanging from the ceiling so I pretty sure now that my guess was correct.

Guitorman, that box on the floor appears to be a PA system speaker box. But that is just a guess.

From the look of allot of these shots. It leaves the feeling as though people were occupying these hallways and rooms. Like they were standing or sitting there and then vanished without a trace.

All the sheets deal with embryology. Looks like a medical student has written this for neuroanatomy class. Fits with the the printed pages which seemed to be part of a "Sobotta", a classic german atlas.

Those "gashes" are where the concrete spalled due to the rusting of the rebar within. Once in contact with moisture, they rust and expand, popping the concrete off. But of course 'gashes" is a more imaginative viewing of it!

"There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web"
-Sting, "King of Pain"

I really hope he went inside...

This is incredible...it's like at the Ellis Island Museum. Maybe Motts can get into the old Sanitatium before they fix it up. That is like one of my ultimate dreams....to walk through an abandoned place like Motts does. Just simply incredible.

I go to the grant campus of suffolk comunity college, so its literally down the street from the campus. Ive passed by there a few times and it gives me the creeps! I dont think i'd ever be brave enough to go in there!

lol Sketch your comment cracked me up

Reminds me of when my grandad had a stroke. His ward looked exactly like this *shivers*

I've always found abandoned mental asylums to be interesting.

I have been looking at these pics for hours now, just discovered Byberry yesterday while researching the old Phila State Hosp. You are an extremely talented photographer, alot of these photos are prize-winners, imo, and the fact that they portray the story of a place with so much astonishing history only adds to their intrigue. Props to you Mr. Mott, excellent stuff. I live in Lancaster County, but I would have loved to see this place before all the graffiti and damage.