5,961 Comments for Kings Park Psychiatric Center

Looks like a Hunter Zeph Air mounted on the wall.

Fucking sick!

Chilling

reminds me of the day's when i worked at Woolworth's in the dish room and i turned the water heat down and the machine itself was long so to catch a load coming out you had a wall separating you i climbed through and when the bastard i was working with reached for the cart of dishes i sent me and lying on three racks scared the ball's of him i think sit like that happened there i know a lot of shit went on there i got about three hundred momentums from byberry including to secret files on patients

What a shot of the building, very imposing view. It would give me chills to be led up to this place if I was a patient here during the time it was open. It looks massive enough in photos, I can't imagine what it looks like in person. The infrared use here is stunning, great choice Motts.

I remember our friends across the stree from our when we lived in Commack who worked at Kings Park Hospital in the 1960's. Her name was Jane Powers !! I seem to remember hearing that after so many years of working there that it effected her so much that she became some what "unbalanced" and left the hospital. I had always thought highly of her. God has a special place for her for taking care of those who were unable to do for themselves. God bless you Jane !!!

I find the older buildings far more interesting

lol. Well, not afraid of clowns, but I really don't like them. They annoy the heck out of me.

This room is about the same size as the horrible one I had in college, however briefly. And I had to share it. I can see myself feeling claustrophobic in this one.

It's pretty amazing how nature takes back human creation, isn't it? Part of the reason why I enjoy urbex photography so much.

Breathtakingly beautiful. I have always found the light and colors of dawn and dusk to hold their own sort of magic...

Such clean lines... I really like this one.

Now, I'm not saying that anyone's supernatural stories are wrong, exactly. But what I will say is that the human brain is enormously powerful, and its creative ability almost limitless. We still can't build a CPU with more than a small fraction of the brain's computing power.

Bear this in mind, too: Everything we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell is a signal processed by the brain. You could say that it is impossible for us to know the REAL universe outside of these senses and brain signals. It exists. At least, we THINK it does. But does it really? What, exactly, does happen along the pathway between our senses and our brains? ARE there supernatural elements in the real world that we simply can't perceive, or barely perceive? Or are our brains processing signals incorrectly, or creatively adding onto them?

Abuse and "torture" are not so surprising when you realize that institutions like these had very lax regulation. Many were overcrowded and understaffed, making it very easy for abuse to take place. There weren't enough people to oversee the staff, and ensure that people were being treated humanely. When you've got easy avenues for things to happen without repercussion, invariably they will happen. People with such free-reign are very, very tempted to follow these dark avenues. As much as I'd like to believe that people have basic morality, there are plenty who will allow their darkest selves to come to light without any laws or supervision hanging over them and telling them how to behave. This is the exact situation in Lord of the Flies. And much as that book disgusts me, it holds a certain truth regarding human behavior.

So, were there bad things happening at these mental institutions? It's very likely. Does this history make a place creepy? Possibly, if you're susceptible to that sort of thing. There's a definite atmosphere in many of these photos, but I find it more depressingly beautiful than creepy. The stories do add flavor, and sometimes it's interesting to fantasize, but coming back to reality--these places aren't haunted. Scary because of unseen dangers (bad floors or asbestos) and potentially violent bums, but that's all.

The Office of Mental Health regulations would have required these items to be on hand and to be clearly labelled. This is standard procedure in all treatment facilities - they need to be there because if not you can fail an inspection.