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Inside the Abandoned Sea View Hospital on Staten Island

WEBIt was built upon the site of the former 25-acre hilltop estate of Charles Schmidt, called “Ocean View.”. It is the second highest point on Staten Island, after Todt Hill. Upon the …

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Sea View Hospital to be Converted into NYC's First Planned …

WEBPhoto courtesy of NYCEDC. To give you a sense of the Sea View campus, here’s some history behind the place. The Old Sea View Hospital, consisting of 37 buildings planned …

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12 Groundbreaking Hospitals in NYC That Have Closed

WEB7. Neponsit Beach Hospital. Located in Rockaway, Queens, the Neponsit Beach Hospital is a former tuberculosis sanatorium adjacent to Jacob Riis Park that opened in 1915. The …

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A Look at the Old Gouverneur Hospital, First Public Hospital with

WEBThe red brick and terra cotta building by the architect John R. Thomas, was designed in the Renaissance style and opened in 1901 with four wards and 104 beds. You can see a …

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Black Angels: The untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure

WEBAbout the event: Nearly a century before the COVID-19 pandemic upended life as we know it, a devastating tuberculosis epidemic was ravaging hospitals across the country. In …

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MICRO’s Museum of Care at Brooklyn Public Library

WEBThe Museum of Care, MICRO‘s newest and tiniest museum dedicated to understanding the fundamental values of our healthcare system, is on view at the Brooklyn’s Public Library …

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Inside Abandoned Fairfield Hills State Psychiatric Hospital in …

WEBIn Newtown, Connecticut stands the ruins of a stately psychiatric hospital. The Fairfield Hills State Hospital opened in 1931, with brick Georgian style buildings spread across 770 …

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12 Prior Epidemics That Plagued New York

WEB1. Yellow Fever. The quarantine station on Staten Island. Image from New York Public Library. In August 1793, a yellow fever epidemic hit Philadelphia, killing around 5,000 …

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Inside the Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center on Long Island

WEBClosed and abandoned since 1996, Kings Park Psychiatric Center stands as an otherworldly relic situated in Nissequogue River State Park in the hamlet of Kings Park, …

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Inside Abandoned Rooms of the Former Buffalo State Hospital

WEBOver the next several years, the decayed structures were transformed into Hotel Henry (named after its architect), – a state-of-the-art hotel opening in 2017 with 88 rooms and …

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The Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Abandoned and Reborn

WEBThe Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center opened in 1924 as the Harlem Valley State Hospital. Like most other hospital facilities of its type, it was designed to be quite self-sufficient. …

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The Abandoned Seaman’s Retreat Hospital on Staten Island

WEBThe hospital was funded through a tax on port of entry tax on all seamen, which was established in 1797. Zavin writes that this was “in effect the country’s first pre-paid …

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12 Groundbreaking Hospitals in NYC That Have Closed

WEB1. Goldwater Hospital. Tunnels under the former Goldwater Hospital. On Roosevelt Island, Goldwater Hospital opened in 1939 as a “ monument to the golden years of public …

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What’s Left of Abandoned Willowbrook State School Now on …

WEBWith many an exposé, articles, civil suits, and even more disturbing instances of abuse and neglect, Willowbrook State School was shuttered on September 17, 1987. Despite the …

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The Abandoned Tuberculosis Hospital in Rockaway, Queens

WEBLooming over the beach in Rockaway, Queens adjacent to Jacob Riis Park is the abandoned Neponsit Beach Hospital also known as the Neponsit Children’s …

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Uncover the Mystery of Long Island's Abandoned Kings Park …

WEBThe Kings Park Psychiatric Center, called the Kings County Asylum when it was founded and known by locals as simply “the psych center,” opened in 1885, a revolutionary …

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The Keith Haring Mural Inside Brooklyn’s Woodhull Hospital

WEBThe Keith Haring mural inside NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull is estimated to be worth millions of dollars today. In 2018, a $20,000 restoration project was carried out by art …

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The Mural Arts Project Uses Street Art to Start Conversations …

WEBA design inspired by art workshops held at Fountain House Gallery. Image courtesy New York City Health Department The project is designed to effect both large and small …

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Exploring the Ruins of the Abandoned Pilgrim

WEBPilgrim, named for former New York State Commissioner of Mental Health Dr. Charles W. Pilgrim, opened in 1931 and grew steadily through the 40s. At one point it operated its …

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