Anyone in NY?

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Originally Posted by joe

I used to live in Brentwood (LI) back in '79-81. Pretty sure that's a not-so-good area these days.

I remember the old Edgewood Hospital located in nearby Deer Park. I think it was originally an offshoot of Pilgrim State way back when. Anyway, the building was vacant and stood in the middle of a huge field. Gave me the heebie jeebies just lookin at it way in the distance from whatever highway in Commack or Deer Park. And, then there was Pilgrim State. There were rumours back then that they used to let some of the patients walk around. We, as tweens, thought we saw some walking down our street and used to tease each other and run and hide if we saw them coming. It was actually pretty fun!

Here's a pic of that old Edgewood Hospital if any of you are old enough to remember. It was levelled in 1989.

I used to wander around Pilgrim, back before they knocked a lot of the smaller buildings. I had t a mental movie playing in my head of what it was like in the 1930's, 40's and 50's when 10,000 patients were housed there. Edgewood was knocked down before I ever had the chance to explore it, though I definitely do remember seeing it in the distance and always thought how spooky it looked.
I spent the most time at Kings Park, and used to 'find my way' into the abandoned buildings to look around. I guess I was hoping to find the lobotomy chamber, lol.

They are amazing, amazing places. And so unique that Long Island had FOUR huge state psychiatric facilities.