Kings Park Psychiatric Center A Journey Through History

Author : Jason Medina
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543479731
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History written by Jason Medina and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the definitive history of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which at one time, was the largest state hospital in New York. Located on Long Island, it occupied nearly 873 acres of land and was in operation from 1885 to 1996. At its prime, it housed up to ten thousand patients. Today, much of its former land belongs to the Nissequogue River State Park, but its many abandoned hospital buildings have become a magnet for urban explorers, ghost hunters, and scavengers.

Author : Jason Medina
Publisher : Xlibris Us
ISBN 13 : 9781543483628
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings Park Psychiatric Center written by Jason Medina and published by Xlibris Us. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the definitive history of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which at one time was the largest state hospital in New York. Located on Long Island, it occupied nearly 873 acres of land and was in operation from 1885 to 1996. At its prime, it housed up to ten thousand patients. Today, much of its former land belongs to the Nissequogue River State Park, but its many abandoned hospital buildings have become a magnet for urban explorers, ghost hunters, and scavengers.

Author : Jason Medina
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543483577
Total Pages : 1073 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings Park Psychiatric Center: a Journey Through History written by Jason Medina and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 1073 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the definitive history of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, which at one time, was the largest state hospital in New York. Located on Long Island, it occupied nearly 873 acres of land and was in operation from 1885 to 1996. At its prime, it housed up to ten thousand patients. Today, much of its former land belongs to the Nissequogue River State Park, but its many abandoned hospital buildings have become a magnet for urban explorers, ghost hunters, and scavengers.

Author : L. F. Blanchard
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467102873
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings Park Psychiatric Center written by L. F. Blanchard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kings Park Psychiatric Center, or the Psych Center as it is known locally, was unique for its time, as its focus was on patient care and making the hospital as homelike as possible. The facility was made up of a series of smaller buildings to give the feeling of community to the patients and staff alike, and both men and women were treated fairly and humanely. Long Island was home to many immigrants, some of whom had difficulty adjusting to life in the United States. This unique population led to interesting personal stories of those who worked at this facility, those who were institutionalized, and their families. The authors took the time to listen to their stories and endeavored to understand their pasts and recognize how these events continue to influence the mental-health industry today. Pictured throughout are the physical relics of the now-abandoned Psych Center, where these stories unfurled.

Author : Jason Medina
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483651665
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Hope for the Hopeless at Kings Park written by Jason Medina and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first book by Jason Medina, we are given fabulously three intertwined stories that for the most part take place at the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, a currently abandoned state hospital, which was once home to thousands of insane and tortured souls. The first of these tales takes place in the 1960s when the hospital used to be known as the Kings Park State Hospital. It focuses around a suicidal adolescent girl named Amanda, who is committed to the hospitals old adolescent cottages. Over the next few years she experiences both the joys of friendship and the sorrows of loneliness, as she struggles to adjust to her new life. In the second story we are given a new version of an old Long Island urban legend about a murderous woman known only as Mary Hatchet. Ever since Mary was committed to the hospital at the tender age of eleven, after the brutal murders of her parents, her thoughts and motive have remained a mystery. Almost a decade later, a twenty-two year old Mary has gained the attention of two doctors, who make it their mission to get into her mind at the risk of unleashing the demon she struggles to keep inside. The final story takes place long after the hospital has been abandoned. When a man wakes up with amnesia on the shore of the Long Island Sound near the decayed structures of the old hospital, he begins a long journey that will take him back in time to his earliest forgotten memories and through a series of dreams and flashbacks, until he remembers everything. By that time, he may wish he stayed with amnesia.

Author : John Leita
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781441458391
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Long Island Asylums Revealed: Kings Park Pychiatric Center written by John Leita and published by . This book was released on 2007-03-14 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete set of blueprints and maps of the massive abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center, on Long Island. It includes maps of the labyrinth of steam tunnels, architectural drawings of every building, and footnotes of interesting details.

Author : Jason Medina
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1626195196
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers written by Jason Medina and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quiet New York suburb of Yonkers hides a history of hauntings. Now converted into apartments, old Public School 13 is the site of strange apparitions that may be ghosts of former students and teachers who died in a tragic fire. The Boyce Thompson Institute's lofty goal of solving world hunger was never met, and unfulfilled spirits are said to lurk in its abandoned laboratory. Wealthy colonial landowners still watch over stately historic homes like Philipse Manor Hall. Even the iconic Untermeyer Park is a playground for the otherworldly. Local ghost investigator Jason Medina reveals these and other ghosts of Yonkers.

Author : Kings Park State Hospital
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021568588
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report Of The Kings Park State Hospital At Kings Park To The State Commission In Lunacy For The Year Ending ..., Volumes 10-14 written by Kings Park State Hospital and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Annual Report of the Kings Park State Hospital provides a valuable record of the hospital's operations, innovations, and challenges during a critical time in the history of mental health care. From the work of dedicated staff members to the lived experiences of patients, this report offers a glimpse into the daily life of one of the nation's most important mental health facilities. Whether you're a historian, a health care professional, or simply interested in the history of mental health care in America, this report is a must-read. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Will Ellis
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764347610
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abandoned NYC written by Will Ellis and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Manhattan and Brooklyn's trendiest neighbourhoods to the far-flung edges of the outer boroughs, Ellis captures the lost and lonely corners of New York. Step inside the New York you never knew, with 200 eerie images of urban decay

Author : Jason Medina
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625850522
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers written by Jason Medina and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former NYPD officer and current ghost hunter Jason Medina travels up the Hudson River to a hotbed of paranormal activity. The quiet New York suburb of Yonkers hides a history of hauntings. Now converted into apartments, old Public School 13 is the site of strange apparitions that may be ghosts of former students and teachers who died in a tragic fire. The Boyce Thompson Institute’s lofty goal of solving world hunger was never met, and unfulfilled spirits are said to lurk in its abandoned laboratory. Wealthy colonial landowners still watch over stately historic homes like Philipse Manor Hall. Even the iconic Untermyer Park is a playground for the otherworldly. Local ghost investigator Jason Medina reveals these and other ghosts of Yonkers.