Exploring the Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center | Long Island, NY

Join me as we explore the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center on Long Island in New York. Located in Kings Park, New York, the campus was established in 1885 as the Kings County Asylum. Originally designed to alleviate overcrowding in Brooklyn's psychiatric facilities, it evolved into a self-sufficient community with its own farms, power plants, and housing. At its peak, the center housed over 9,000 patients and featured more than 150 buildings.
By the mid-20th century, deinstitutionalization and changes in mental health care led to a decline in patient numbers. The facility closed in 1996 and many of its buildings have since fallen into disrepair. Today, the site is part of the Nissequogue River State Park, with some areas accessible to the public, though many structures remain abandoned and decaying, offering a glimpse into the center's storied past. Let's see what's left.
00:00 Intro
04:33 Wisteria House (violent patient housing)
07:47 Iconic Building 93
13:55 Building 90 / Various Other Buildings
17:56 More History
19:09 Male Reception / Long Term Adult Care Building
26:49 Building 7 Cluster
34:59 Exploring the Original Campus Buildings
40:59 WW1 Era Buildings / Patient Isolation Building
43:55 Original Medical and Surgical Building (1930s)
45:11 Last Group of Buildings
46:40 Outro

[@Pharoah67]

Thank you for this video. Recently moved to Florida but for decades I visited this place weekly living on Long Island. You are correct about the building behind 93 being a “support” building, as this was the Laundry building for the complex. Awesome video, Ian. 🎸

[@halojill4937]

Great video, Ian! Thank you!

[@Pharoah67]

The art drawn by the patient is in the basement of building 93. The paintings were done by a famous cartoonist named Percy Crosby whose comic strip character Skippy was very popular from the mid nineteen twenties thru the mid forties. The vandals destroyed his work. Sad but true.

[@SlowA.4]

I plan on going there soon, lived on Long Island for mad long and the only 1 time i went i was with another person who knew where to go so now im clueless and watching videos

[@kgoger]

That’s my home town