1,927 Comments for Pilgrim State Hospital

Such a pretty room in our dreams, We have walked there and talked there.

A very artful photo with a take on the ironic of symmetry and the failed.

Andrew, such a sad excuse for a human being,

I believe I have one of these, it called a craftmatic. You can adjust it to any contour that suits you.

I can not beleive that you would actually fess up to comtting vandalisim to a historic building,on the actual web site. in my opinion Andrew, you need too seek help, and not only did you destroy a part of history you could have gotten hurt. When you say that "we are obsessed and weird" it just goes to show me that you do not have a respect for property or other viewers on this site. maybe you should look on www.dumb ass people.com and I bet you could find something that would intrest you better.

this picture rocks!!!!

that is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!8-)

I spent a brief time working at hte Queens Centers for Progress.
It is sad to see that people are so quick to judge. Although the people that we care for are disabled they were still able to comunicate in their own way once you as your own person took the time to try to understand. QCP also has a work program, day treatment and in-house treatment facilities. It was by far the most rewarding job that I at 28 have had (I was also a Marine). I am not only lucky to have known the people and residents but will remember them forever.
Thank you Neal for bringing everyone closer to the truth. People are really just well, people.

Yup it splits below.. and there's a small "hidden" spiral staircase on the right that leads to a room in the attic space.

This is the building I first started working in back in 1970. The secretarial pool was on the first floor, to the right of the doorway as you are looking at the picture now. The 4 windows just to the right of the tree there was our office. My introduction to mental illness. I really got an education about the illness working here. I was never afraid of working here with the patients around.

This was a beautiful building. Had a tremendous chandelier overhead as you went up the stairway. Actually this stairway went up both sides from the first floor.

Upon further investigation of the above picture it is not Bldg. 18. It is the main entrance of the 3 building complex known as 22, 23 & 24. 22 & 24 were the Admissions Building for the different catchment areas of Brooklyn back in the 70's.

The abandoned building are owned by Hartland Corporation. Pilgrim "State" is still open to this day. We are now a small community located in the back of the grounds near Commack Rd. The owner of Hartland plans to build something here eventually. We will have to wait and see when. Most of the buildings have been demolished. There are still a few of the old ones that he owns which are still standing.

Most of the buildings that are left standing have been cleared of asbestos but they are not safe to enter. I do not recommend anyone trying to enter. Our security patrols the areas and will escort trespassers off the grounds. They are also authorized to call Suffolk County Police.

The above picture is not Bldg. 23. It's Bldg. 18 which was the old Administration Bldg.