5,961 Comments for Kings Park Psychiatric Center

I was a patient in Building 22,wards 218 & 219 back in the late 80`s.I was a bouncer in a bar for years ,and used to protecting customers from fighting each other.I protected many patients ,and staff on 218 from getting hurt by clients.If anyone worked in bldg 22 at the time I was there ,they never abused me or any of the patients.I can say in the entire year I was 2 PC ,I never had to be restrained,or felt like I needed to worry about the staff.You may have remembered me as the patient that that powered walked out in the yard for hours everyday,and played spades with the staff.One morning I was waiting for chow,playing solitaire,and another client broke the metal leg off a table.There was a female TA with her back turned towards him just about to get hit in the head.I dove on the guy ,then the goon squad dove one me,like a football pile up.I had a brand new Iron man watch smashed from the pile on.Another time we had a TA that used to come in hung over on the weekend,and would sit in the day room sleeping instead of taking taking us outside.One day when we were lined up for lunch,two other clients my size jumped him.I grappled both of them to the ground at the same time.The TA thanked me ,but quit ,or got transferred ,never saw him again.Most TA know me for taking out the biggest problem bully in building 22.I caught him raping a girls in under a stair well that went from the ward to the yard.He got mad and flipped all the pick nick tables over,the guy was a giant.Well one evening in the rec room ,this giant pushed me.I pushed him across the room ,and bounced him off the wall to the ground.I was ready to punch him in the face,and the TA grabbed my hand to stop me.I was pissed off.This giant was constantly trying to press charges against the staff,and they still protected him,did their job.The next day their was an investigator down from Buffalo asking me what happened because he claimed the beat him up,not me.The look on the investigators face when I told him ,if not for the staff ,he would probably had a code blue called after I was finished with him.I was in for bipolar disorder ,waiting to go to Transitional services.

They are enclosed fire escape stairwells. They were located off the Patient dormitories.

They never did autopsy in building 7. Only done at medical examiners office in Hauppauge.

Through this whole series I kept hearing "A Hazy Shade of Winter" in my head. This was followed by the first line of Neuromancer by Wm. Gibson "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

Love all the fog photos, I do not get to see much fog, I am about 100 miles (160 km) from the continental divide.

Discovered this site about a month ago and have been spending waaaay too much time on it ever since. Thankfully I found a link to this page and the origin of the soap dispenser joke. It really is still funny.

Love the photography. Motts, you have a great eye for composition.

Did anyone contact you after the book?

Anyone?

This was taken in December 2005.

What year was this photo taken in?

Does anybody know what this room was used for. I like the retro floor tiles.

What was this room used for

Well that is where I left my wings did you find a rusty halo upper there any where last time it seen it was around my ankle lol

Bell boy down the elevator shaft...

Looks like you are in the Wong McQuarters

Otis needs to take up another occupation if he is using that much lube for crying out loud. Man.,,,,, ;)