5,961 Comments for Kings Park Psychiatric Center

http://www.institutionalgreen.org
I wish these comment boxes had an edit function for my clerical errors.

It seems that institutionalgreen.com has been hijacked by the cheesy Chinese, it's now
http//www.institutionalgreen.org
Also in case no one already knows, institutional green is people. it's made out of people, IT'S PEOPLE!!!

or that its been sitting there for years............................

I remember trespassing this place twice when I was younger. I remember we all wanted to get high but thank god we didn't. A lot of dead cats and birds, the walls were peeling everywhere. I saved this picture years ago because I hoped I would find it. I never got arrested but my friends who lived in that town did, several times, because they went on the roof. I remember feeling an intense, warm presence and was thankful I wasn't stoned. My friends parents even went in the tunnels. My mom said they shut this place down because people started having families, plus the lack of money and the invention of medicine. My mom thought it was cute I was so fascinated and would show me articles of survivors penning memoirs. You can definitely feel the pain there, at least I did. I've loved your site for years. It definitely helped me see the envious building 93 that apparently takes a crowbar to get into.

Entrances to buildings change all the time, people break things open and grounds crew seals them up again. If you plan on entering the tunnels, please read up on protecting yourself from asbestos - you need a P100 rated mask.

Melissa, check out the book: The Farm Colonies: Caring for New York City's Mentally Ill In Long Island's State Hospitals by Leo Polaski. It has tons of information and photos from the four big Long Island state hospitals - Kings Park, Pilgrim, Edgewood, and Central Islip.

I agree Melissa. Sadly, much of the damage in these magnificent structures are caused by vandals and scrappers.

@Melissa. I've loved your comments. I believe Opacity has earned a new fan. Welcome to the club. Mr. Mott's photography is spectacular to say the least. "Stark" in this context means a lack of other objects or a barren surrounding. The moon was described by the Apollo Astronauts as having "a stark beauty all it's own" because of the bare landscape.

wow...amazing view.
@Motts: how did you get that information? :O
@Meri:The hospital has it's own power plant...xD

I like this picture!!!it shows so much!!!

if you were walking up there...you'de have to be VERY careful.

wow...simply amazing...I wanna go on tht laddeer xDD
@big L : ikr!!!I was suspecting vandalisers to break it down!!!

wow...did you try to mess with it?even tho it wouldnt do anything I still would've anyway xDD u never know with these paranormal entities around that place!!! xD
@Larry D: lol ikr!!! xD
@gypsy: ikr!!! xDD

wow...this is AMAZING.You actully found chemicals.ofcourse...it was jsut detergent...but still really awesome!!!!

this is so cool!!!...I didnt know they have the females and the males in different wards o.O weird...
@Michealjackson: i was wondering taht too...like...does it have a women/male bathroom near or something?
@Allyver Sykes: ikr!!!!