1,244 Comments for Central Islip State Hospital

if thats what happens to the door when you get treatment,,,,,,,,,,, then I dont want to be in the room to get treatment !!!!!!!

oh wow, i love this pic !

reminds me of one flew over the cocoo's nest

A patient's view i would imagine :(

WALL PAPER !!!!

shadows are great ! youre a great photographer!

love this one too...... great pic !

totally love it!

I must say, I think that this gallery holds claim to some of the best photos on the site. Just brilliant - and what better finish than a creepily simple painting of a clown on a door?

That image has a definite sense of foreboding about it - especially the "eyes."

I wonder if there was a reason that the sets of chairs are differently coloured - perhaps some were for staff, or some for particularly "troublesome" patients.

I love how, at first, you only see the lonely chair in the foreground - and then you see the other lonely chair, leaning against the wall in the other room. It adds to the melancholy of the shot, I think - because they are both so close to no longer being LONELY chairs. So close, yet so far ...

This appears to have been written out by a patient rather than a staff member - and I'm very curious to know just what "sheltered workshop" is.

I love how everything would appear to be symmetrical at first - and then it's ruined by the "No Smoking" notice and the patterns created by peeling paint.

This shot makes me think of some poor soul admitted to an insane asylum for clinging to some part of their childhood - and, eventually, having to let go, though not before they're long gone. It's so fun to let the imagination run wild with your photos, Motts.