At the behest of Hospital Superintendent Dr. John C. Shaw, Kings County purchased 873 acres of land in the hamlet of St. Johnland (now Kings Park) with the intention of establishing a ‘lunatic ...

A view of Building 93, once the tallest building on Long Island, at the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center. Credit: Victor Caliman. ... fresh-air alternative to the dark insane asylums of the past.

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Two videos, "Kings Park: The Abandoned City" and "Project Senium" highlight Long Island's Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital's history from 1885 to its closing ...

The former Kings Park Psychiatric Center, rumored to be one of Long Island’s most haunted sites, is off-limits to anyone looking for a fright on Halloween weekend.