5,961 Comments for Kings Park Psychiatric Center

i love abandoned buildings i have a adrenaline rush everytime i see them. i always wanted to know the history..is the building haunted?

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is there any ways to get in?

building number 97?

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ann - the chances of finding your family's records laying around in an abandoned hospital are extremely slim. Since both hospitals are in Massachusetts, you may have some luck at the state archives:

Massachusetts State Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
Telephone: (617) 727-2816

To Pat Med 06 - you mentioned you have found books with patients' names in it. I am a RN researching mental health issues within our family. One of my cousins was admitted to Northampton back between 1900-1920. Trying to do all things legally, the Probate dept of Northampshire Co first tells me I have to pay $135 just to have some authority to request the records, then tells me he has no records! She spent many years in Northampen and in 1923 was trafsferred to Gardner where she died in 1932.
Please contact me privately as I want to explore the possibilitiy you may have some records about her. Thanks! jp55@wt.net

Actually the most violent patients were often housed in 21/22 in the top floors. They were in need of extra supervision. Had many friends who worked as MHTA's there.

Don't worry about the "lonely" chair. He's got a bucket friend to keep him company.

Don't give fedz all this attention.... he clearly is a loser who probably has never done a decent thing in his life...a waste of a human bilking the Govt of funds to live on.... the Internet gives these sociopaths a new venue to harass from. I know a nasty flamer in Colorado we can ship fedz there and let the two of them duke it out til the end...fedz can pick up her trailer and throw that around!

Owen, that was magnificent. In one post you managed to capture the main reason many of us hold these buildings so dear. It's the human factor that converts simple brick, tile, carpet, wood, steel, and glass into a living, breathing organism. Millions of untold stories unfolded among these now silent and crumbling walls. As Motts galleries have shown time and time again, when a building becomes void of people, it dies. Those who enter these buildings should do so with a degree of respect and humility for those who were housed here and for those who worked here trying to make a difference. This is why vandals upset us. It's just disrespectful.

It's been 3 1/2 years since your post Owen. I hope you make it back here some day to accept my thanks for putting it into words so well. And I agree. "For now, let her slumber".

Wow. I see several window air conditioners. Those are fairly portable. I wonder why they left them behind. I also wonder if Fedz is still living in his parents basement. Hmmm.

Reminds me of something from a Frankenstein movie.

Simply incredible. Beautiful use of color & light.

Very interesting shot. I noticed the stains in the sink which makes me believe the water was on for quite a while after the hospital was abandoned. We see heavy staining on the left under the hot water faucet. That is sediment from a dead hot water heater. So the power was cut quickly but the water stayed on for a few years.