1,927 Comments for Pilgrim State Hospital

Expect to find homeless folk finding shelter there. There are still a lot of mentally ill and/or addicted who don't want to enter the current system. The buildings are very accessable and it's cold outside. Brentwood and Central Islip have many homeless folk. So yes, there may be someone following you - they probably want a dollar.

I worked in the Long Beach Adult homes in the early 80's where patients were dumped in the exodus that occured (I think) after certain psychotropic drugs were introduced to keep these folk calm. I love them all and was well-loved. I heard their tales of diabetic comas and saw lobotomy scars. That was at the Brighton Home in Long Beach on Lincoln Blvd. and the Boardwalk - it is about to come down, but there may be a few of those folk still there - I've not visited for a while. At that time I only knew of Pilgrim as the place my friends had come from, now I live out here iright near there and still work with younger folk who've come through there or are housed there. I MUST SAY that I think the fascination with this place DOES have to do with what was done to people with mental illness, but sadly, the fascination is also with to those to whom it was done. This is all about stigma that must be broken. Just know that many of us on Zoloft and Paxil would have been placed here and institutionalized as well back in the day. There was shame then in having mental illness in the family and there is still today. Thank God, today most of us in mental health focus on RECOVERY rather than CONTAINMENT and control. There is life and recovery for those with mental illness diagnosis - when once it was thought incurable and sensational.

I will be on the remaining wards December 4th 06, giving a holiday party. We visit the locked wards and then give a big bash (deejay, etc) for those permitted to come to the party.

I worked in the Long Beach Adult homes in the early 80's where patients were dumped in the exodus that occured (I think) after certain psychotropic drugs were introduced to keep these folk calm. I love them all and was well-loved. I heard their tales of diabetic comas and saw lobotomy scars. That was at the Brighton Home in Long Beach on Lincoln Blvd. and the Boardwalk - it is about to come down, but there may be a few of those folk still there - I've not visited for a while. At that time I only knew of Pilgrim as the place my friends had come from, now I live out here iright near there and still work with younger folk who've come through there or are housed there. I MUST SAY that I think the fascination with this place DOES have to do with what was done to people with mental illness, but sadly, the fascination is also with to those to whom it was done. This is all about stigma that must be broken. Just know that many of us on Zoloft and Paxil would have been placed here and institutionalized as well back in the day. There was shame then in having mental illness in the family and there is still today. Thank God, today most of us in mental health focus on RECOVERY rather than CONTAINMENT and control. There is life and recovery for those with mental illness diagnosis - when once it was thought incurable and sensational.

I will be on the remaining wards December 4th 06, giving a holiday party. We visit the locked wards and then give a big bash (deejay, etc) for those permitted to come to the party.

I live right there in dix hills you can see these buildings from my home. WE go ATVing in there all the time at night. Its mad scary but still so cool and the state police are there now and they ride on raptors (A kind of atv) they open fire on your quad on my friends quad one opened fire on his tires and they got him fined him 5000 ditruction of property just for ripping up a lil grass tresspassing. But still the view at night when your right there holly crap. I deliver pies there during the day for lucarellies not the same as being there at nihgt but still scary as all hell.

i thinnk its a lil odd shape for therapy. and it is pretty big but one person can lay in it while a doctor perfroms mabe still an odd shape doesnt look comfortable laying down in

Yo i got atving in this place all the time at night with my friends and they have state police there now that patrol the area on atvs as well they ride raptors all green and they actually opened fire on my friends tires. and they got him im not joking about that. PLace scares the shit out of me at night but great riding terrain dont get caught.

motts this is some great stuff

I can literally walk to this place from my house. I live in Dix Hills. I deliver pizzas to this place. Its so big and so many building but you can see the main building from a mile away. We go quading (atv) at night hear and they have there own state police that potrol the area on atvs at night they fired at my friends tires once and got him. They actually opened fire on us for being on there property but this place has to be one of the scareiest places on this site especially at night and knowing its still active. the buildings dont looks as abandoned as that picture the buildings are in the same shape but windows and stuff are fixed still scary as all hell. message if you ever wanna come hear and want a scare.

Hi...I work in one of the buildings (not the Hospital, a company who bought a building to use) It is creepy sometimes driving through the campus but it is pretty cool...I haven't gotten the guts to walk all over to look at all the buildings though

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Can anyone tell me if the state police still enforce the no tresspassing like they used to? I want to go back to kings park and pilgrim, but dont know if the state cops are still hiding out there at night. how do you get into the buildings??

all ya people are just crazy 4 going in their!!!!!!!!!

Wow... this is wierd finding this site, my brother Danny is still at this place. but in live in Georgia. I remeber all the people would come to the open room at the end of this solarium and yell... me me to burnout in my (79) Trans Am in 1983
they seem to enjoy it alot.
Some times when i watch scary movies with my kids and it portrays places like this it seems so unreal to them, but so real to me... very sad haunting memories here.