Exploring the Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- In this episode we explore the infamous Kings Park Psychiatric Center. As one of the most well known asylums in the New York area, there was lots of graffiti and vandalism, but we still managed to find some cool things left inside. We were also shocked by the sheer number of other people inside the building with us who were also exploring.
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I will never understand why in the hell people feel the need to vandalize every single abandoned structure and trash everything
Steven Rivers facts
Big ups...
Broken windows theory
That what we humans are made for
because they are FUCK WITS
When I was in college I met my future wife. It was 1977 when we met. She worked for Kings Park and lived on the grounds in a staff building. It was an amazing place. I spent many nights there before we finally got an apartment. Those were good times. Many stories to share.
41 years we are still together
You say it's an amazing place while someone else says it's a living hell??
@@scarlet702 He did not need to suffer as he was not a patient
@@vilttu64 scary to me he's reminiscing about what wonderful times they had, while people were literally being lobotomized there at that same time.
OrangeSunshine2... Congratulations, not many people can say that they are still together after being together for 41 years...
Kujis ....the patients didn’t NEED to suffer either! They needed help!
Am I the only person curious about what it looked like before it was abandoned
Sam? Sam! Nope. Would love to see the same.
exactly!! i even tried researching it on google digging for images but all i saw was vandalized crap
There’s a documentary on RUclips that has some pictures
there's a million people going around asking "am I the only one who..?"
@@wjmike2200 thank you!
My Grandparents, some Aunts and Uncles, and my Mother worked there. I remember dropping off and picking up my Mother for work. She was only 5ft tall and about 100lbs soaking wet, and worked in a ward with mostly teenagers.
My father made her quit when she was beaten by a 16 year old patient with a phone reciever.
@@laurademarco8859 my father made her quit, but she was ok, just really bruised
I grew up here. This was basically my backyard. They wanted to bulldoze all of the buildings but realized that there was too much asbestos and therefore didn't have the proper budget. So instead, they built a few bike and walking paths around the buildings so people could still enjoy it. They seem to slowly be tearing down the buildings one by one, and I'm not sure what their plan is for the future.
EDIT: Back when the hospital was still running, patients would escape every now and then. It is located right across from a school. My history teacher once told a story that a patient found his way into their classroom when he attended school there, and it took the teacher a little bit of time to realize that there was an extra person sitting in the classroom. I don't know how often patients escaped, but due to his deliverance of the story, I'm going to say pretty often.
lmao i go to the school across from it
Interesting...
Wait you can walk the grounds?
Jordan Kanner yea
@@Aelinn.n atleast none was hurt, some patients doesnt really have the nature of violence unless its really severe
Man, it's like they went out of their way to make aslyums as evil as possible. I mean look at that architecture.
They didn't have any love for their patients. These places were meant to be like prisons. Unfortunately many of these people were experimented on by criminals masquerading as doctors. Since their family didn't care about them but threw them away to live in these institutions the doctors had living lab rats. If they died, no problem. If they told no one would believe them anyway.
@@kamikazitsunami Uuuhhh they're 'meant' to be cheap. Prisons are cheap as well. CMU and brick were about as cheap as it gets for commercial construction during those times. There was no intent of making them ugly on purpose, it's all a matter of budget. Why do you think public schools are ugly as well? To make kids feel imprisoned?
See JonLevi about the lies regarding that architecture and its purpose.
the history behind this place is even more evil. pre-frontal lobotomies, electroshock therapy, patients being allegedly tortured by staff members, etc.
@@brenparker1156 *allegedly*
When he said "stop walking. Listen" I stopped chewing my food and sat still... Smh 🤦🤦
I do that too! LOL
7 7 L i k e s
🤣🤣👀
And i hold my breath for a second 😂😂🤣 like he say that to me
shut up lol I just choked on my caption crunch N spat all over my pc reading ur comment
"iPhones go 4K. How come you're using those?"
Of course a kid unironically wearing an Obey shirt is going to compare an iPhone to a kitted SLR.
4K doesn't make a great video. Proper glass, sound, lighting, storytelling, compositioning and editing does.
Yes
Amen
You can't compare the image quality of any smart phone to a DSLR, it's common knowledge.
Lol 4k iPhone footage is not even close a DSLR video quality, it's just stupid iPhones users they know as much about tech as my grandma
iPhone 11 Pro video is the closest it’s ever been to SLR quality with the main drawback being apples high compression codec, in blind tests the iPhone does pretty well.
This place has more visitors than most of the malls Dan Bell visits.
ha that's PERFECT 😂
LMAO
overclockeador He has a series where he visits "dead" malls. Malls that are still open to the public but barely have any stores left.
lol
vidm96
It's amazing how quickly these buildings deteriorate once they are vacated and left empty. It is almost like the building loses its beating heart and dies.
You know Kenny, i think about that a lot and it does seem very strange.
It's interesting I live near there amd go all the time there's other buildings on the grounds that were in operation till 2012 and are still very intact and have little to no graffiti in them I actually find them creepier than the old dusty crap filled ones.
Wow, crazy how when nobody actively upkeeps materials that degrade over time, the materials that degrade over time end up degrading over time. Lol.
As a former patient there I can assure you it was WAY creepier when it was in operation. Just for starters, my doctor was arrested a few years after my release for being a Nazi war criminal. I devised a way to leave the building for short periods by jamming a door latch that we passed on our way to and from the cafeteria. This was years before camera type security. I saw things and worse yet, HEARD things that were like your worst nightmares. I have no idea what was going on. Shock treatments were common as well as drug experimentation. This experience took me from being a brat ass teenager who never needed for anything to a mental survivalist. And after I was released it wasn't long before the man in me began to emerge with compassion and concern for others and a belief in God. I gave thanks for everything I had and began making amends for the abuse I put my parents through. Now some 50 years later they are long dead and I'm trying to deal with the loss of so many friends and family and am still using the strength I gained by the experience here. If you have a moment give just a short prayer for all who were not so lucky as I .
Edgewood state hospital AKA mason general hospital Deer Park where I hung out in early 70s through the 80s till it was imploded lots of true stories my nanny worked there during WW2 crazy places rich history on Long island I'm 54 first time in I was about 8yrs old older brother took me I was terrified great memories rockin and rollin doobies that is
Born in Deer Park 25 evergreen place N.L.
If ever there was a perfect opportunity to break out into random song and dance with complete strangers that somehow know the words this was it. 😆
That's great that you were able to use the experience to grow and get close with God!
@@lotharhamburg5343I don’t know if you’ll see this message but my father did the same thing around the exact same time. What’s your name man? And what school did you go to out there? Maybe you knew my dad.
Just a correction about why asylums have been shut down. In the 1980's the abuse in these facilities started coming out. The physical abuse, sexual abuse, patient on patient violence, patient on medical personnel violence and unexplained deaths. Places like Fairview Training Center in Oregon have videos on RUclips documenting things that happened.
And some of the reasons people were sent to these places are heartbreaking
We need new ones ASAP, way too many loons running around the streets these days
@@SlapNuts4Life there are psychiatric places and mental hospitals still, just not asylums like these. and not everyone can afford that treatment *side-eyes the U.S*
I work at this state park, the park cops are not allowed to go into the buildings there cause of the asbestos. There was this one incident where they arrested a kid from a building and he was covered with asbestos, and contaminated the cop car, the cleaning costed over 10,000$.
You guys really should all be wearing asbestos mask at all buildings, probably even need to throw your clothes away afterwards since they’ll get contaminated. Seeing these people with zero protection gives me anxiety.
Edit: Yes exposure time matters, but there’s a reason why workers who temporary work in asbestos areas need full protection.
Exactly. They need to look up asbestos remediation. Tyvek suits with rubber gloves,boots, goggles. All seams taped, shower when you exit with a guy there in the same attire to put the suits in a trash bag and seal it. Every thing you have came into contact with could have asbestos on it. Including your cars, washer, other clothes, and possibility of exposing your families to it as well. While I enjoy your videos, this makes me cringe thinking about it.
I know asbestos’s is not healthy and is bad for you but you only live once and it is there choice I know personally I would much rather enjoy the life and time that I have here and not alway worrying about what could happen and what can hurt me and what is unhealthy plus exploring old buildings especially this one (which should be classified as a historical building and should be taken care of and turned into a museum or something so that all the history here is not lost) is keeping history alive and I love exploring places like this it’s a view to the past.
P.S. When asbestos was first being used for stuff like siding and table tops and such we all thought that is was a great invention and now is bad so in another 50 years it would be interesting to see what stuff were using now will be bad for us then.
Naw. Let the kids wear T-shirts and shorts; totally umprotected. That way these idiot kids with the spray paint will die-off young.
And society will be better off.
Asbestos leads to a slow death
Generally, you need to be exposed to a lot of respirable sized asbestos fibers over a long period of time to get asbestosis or mesothelioma. It's not going to happen in one day of walking around in this place. Asbestos is 'safe in place' and unless disturbed by drilling, grinding or other type activities that would create asbestos dusts it poses relatively little risk. No doubt there would be some asbestos dusts present through degradation of material but no where near the levels required to cause someone harm (>0.1 fibres per cubic centimeter of air). As someone who has done a LOT of airborne asbestos monitoring, I know what I'm talking about.
i was a patient there in 1974 it was a living hell the nurses would hurt the patient and you couldnt do nothing about it.. The movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was pretty accurate.. there's a whole under ground series of hallways that connect some building to each other
IB Gray
Lucky
AG so your 44 now or 45
What happened in 1997?
Pacience Martinez 2 he’d be older because he’d have to be semi-matured at the time to be there. I don’t believe them.
@@Eyesaremosaics949 no, probably in their 60s or 70s, they wouldn't have gone there right when their born.
Am I the only one who always finds the crunching of their shoes oddly satisfying?
Mhmm yes 😍💗💗❤ i love it 🤤
mrsmasterchief33 that’s the only reason i watch these videos, for the asmr affect it gives me 😂
Crunchier the better !!
You are not! Love it too!
Nope
As a teen, I visited this place at night with some friends. Almost all of us were too afraid to go into the buildings. After being chased away by security, I realized I dropped the face of my stereo (back then we used to take it with us to prevent it from being stolen) and I had to go back the next day to look for it in the grass. I found it. Great memory.
Every teenager that lives in suffolk county, long island has been to this place. Great for photo shoots and exploration. I know local bands that take their album pictures here. Last time I went was like 8 years ago at night and got chased out by guards with dogs. Its cool but probably 100k or more exploring teenagers have been to every inch of this place already.
MC Impeckable yea, your right, except i had the place right by me, so i had my fun.
@Forgotten Legacy it's cause New York is literally the "No fun for you" capital of America
MC Impeckable my mom said she went there all the time 😂
I'm from queens nd been there over 20 something times. Cool place
Can confirm living in St. James Long Island every single high school student has visited Kings Park
My mother stayed many years in this hospital. i visited her here many times. Creepy then and creepy now. RIP momma!
😢💗
Richard Nunez did she really?
Richard Nunez sorry for your loss. as xmental patheimxce patronage mnanncyiwopqplr may I ask what was her symptoms
amy e.WHAT?
My husbands great Aunt live in the psychiatric hospital for more than 40 years. She use to call once a month on a Sunday. She is also deceased. The graffiti is so disrespectful, for those who suffered there.
Saying "As you can see it's just some folks going for a stroll through the local insane asylum" in a deadpan way had me laughing so hard! 😂 Love you guys!
I remember driving through with my parents on the way to the bluff. I used to see people staring out the windows. Scared the crap out of me. There's a soccer field that we used to play on sometimes for St. Joseph's CYO with that big building towering in the background. Super creepy place.
Wrong one lol
Jarvis clan lol
I remember playing St. Joseph's CYO basketball in the gym here in the late 80's. As my grandfather used to say, most of the "crazy crazies" were gone by then. Only some of the "sorta crazies" were left. Kings Park in a nutshell, folks.
My girlfriend and I plus a couple other people came here on July 4th. I don't know the number of the building we were on top of but we could see for miles. The whole horizon was filled with fireworks exploding. I've never seen anything like it. I recommend anyone to check it out one year.
But the story doesn't end that well. As we're leaving we were walking outside the building and about 100 yards down the road a truck flips his headlights on and hauls ass coming straight for us screaming "get the fuck out of here!" We try to hastily run away and then another truck comes from around the corner this one with a spotlight on the roof shining it in all the brush. We immediately fell to the floor just laying dead still. The truck was about 50 feet away from us. I don't know how he didn't see us. He finally drives off and we run. I don't think I've ever ran that fast. My adrenaline was through the roof.
My girlfriend says "I think I cut my foot." She was wearing sandals (worst possible footwear.) We sneak back in the building and we finally inspect her foot. Holy shit there was blood everywhere. A small trail behind her. We finally make our escape to the main road. Get to the hospital and 7 stitches later we were on our way.
Needless to say. I'd never forget that night.
Kevin McCallister that's a pretty gnarly story man! Was the person in the truck sone type of security guard or just a random person trying to scare you? Sucks about your girls foot. Take care!
Yo I go to this place all the time
@@vincentseria5154 So the building's haven't been demolished as others stated?
@@TheDynotuner I just went there yesterday there all still there exept a few small ones
Woah i feel bad
"What are you guys filming?"
"A video"
Lmao
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If you ever drive past the main building at night, it’s SO CREEPY. It’s just a giant black void blocking the stars
If only this place wasn't so terribly vandalized and filled with graffiti. Such a shame that beautiful old buildings like this get trashed to pieces. If left intact it would almost be like museum of how the place used to be before abandoned. The aerial drone footage is a really nice addition, really allows you to see how huge the complex is.
RdVortex I'm sure a bunch of it is from natural decay.. how did someone spraying paint ruin anything? So old
If it wasn't so badly damaged, I would think it could make a great museum in memory of the old styles of mental illness treatment. This building has a lot of history and I'm sad to see it fading away.
The vandalism is from vagrants
Some of the graffiti is gorgeous art....i tagged the quad.
*The Proper People memes:*
Chairs just chillin'
Classic Mall door crumbling
Cave Crickets
Playable pianos
Flooded basements
Should've worn boots and/or respirator
... There's always Christmas decorations
Any more?
Looks like asbestos. Probably should have brought my respirator...
Andrew Kovnat There goes these shoes! Lol or these shoes are done!
Should've worn boots.
Damn... these were new Vans.
Christmas decorations.
I live here in kings park. I still am in disbelief that this video got over 1 million views in our little town. Great video. This place is amazing on the inside
I feel like they need a decontamination shower after walking through all of that... ☠️ all the toxic dust being kicked around just strolling through there...
After exploring a number of basements I would like to think you guys would have figured out to bring BOOTS! Damn kids these days :-)
Andy C right!
I'm pretty sure they wear boots, maybe not this one :).
Oh yeah the people they ran into, I think it's just teens going in exploring not proper explorers.
They said in another video that if they get stopped, boots give away that they are there to explore inside, but they could just be normal people if they're in trainers.
Peter Smyth I do remember them saying that actually. But they could put them in their backpacks
That is a beautiful building, the brick work alone would cost millions today. Too bad it can't be renovated for something useful. Sad to see it rot away.
They can't even easily destroy this building because of the asbestos used. This building is toxic.
@@mattbenz99 yeah I read an article about it and apparently the only way they'd be able to demo it is to explode it
the grounds that those hospitals are set on is a beautiful park my son lived right around the block from it .north shore long island NY there was talk about making a shopping center there..and new appartment complexes but people in area turned it down.i wonder if anyone whent into the TUNNELS that leads to all the buildings .
It's pretty dang ugly
My boys and I broke into this place in the mid 90's. It was the middle of the night and security was constantly patrolling the area. It was pitch dark and scary as hell in there. We ran into a few bums and junkies. Scared the crap out of us!
them always giving each other warnings about being careful and watching out is so heartwarming for some reason haha
idk why that guy told u theres no view on top of the green ladder in 93. Literally probably the best view there,someone kicked out the boards on the roof and u can see from miles including all of buildings 7,21 and 22.
maybe the last time he was there it was nothing :)
Hayley Jean Proctor ive been going to this place for many years. Its been there for a while lol
Dark Exploration oh well! I was just saying. :) But good to know!
Dark Exploration: Legend has it that on Devils Night, If you climb to the top of the green ladder. Bryan & Michael will meet you at the top with some dorky Kids 4K Iphone 7... lol
Dark Exploration mental health always has a lot of patients so many huge buildings.created to hold them ..why are there so many mentally ill..
No joke... I'd rather hear the Darth Vader breathing or for you to put in commentary afterward than one of you get some horrible disease from the junk in these buildings. Better to be safe than in an iron lung or worse.
Not for the whole video. I'd have one on a 1/4 mile away from some of the places they go into.
Mark Smoker Says Mark "Smoker" lol
They have their respirators, But I also think they hand protection (Maybe some leather gloves?)and something other that tennis shoes. I'd hate to see them get injured.
Actually I would play it safe and just wear a tychem suit.
Mark Smoker the iron butt
Just the sheer size of the whole complex is amazing
Why do I find abandoned building exploration so satisfying.
Glad I was able to see it with my underground group, back in 2001. Wish we had the video capabilities that exist now. We would have been kings. Thanks for helping me relive my early 20's. We had access to the whole building, but had to sneak past guards. Sad to see it's deterioration... It was quite intact when we were there, as it just closed. Most of the equipment you see, was moved around and rearranged. BTW, that place is soooo Haunted. That's LINY for you.... lol
kid:"is that 4k?"
guy:"no"
kid:"why not?
guy:"you need some type of camera"
kid:"i have 4k"
guy:"really with what?"
kid:"iphone"
lmao i am dead!!!!!!
JOSETHEBEAST22 yo that kid is me tbh this video was shot a few months ago to be honest and that was when Apple was bragging about 4K in there cameras. I know much more about cameras now so thought I'd let you know
John Whydouneed No, that wasn't you.
John Whydouneed Ik the iPhone can shoot "4K" I have my 6s plus it shoot amazing video just can't wait for the jet Black for the 7 plus to come in stock. I just thought it was funny the way you said it
thats smart kids for ya nowadays! XD
JOSETHEBEAST22 cringing at the kid 1-upping haha
That whistle is the fire alarm, also some towns do 12 o'clock whistle. This is a typical August day here on LI. you guys should have gone at night. Whole dif vibe.
What beautiful buildings, it makes me sad that people do feel the need to vandalize and trash buildings like these, especially those of historical value. Thank you for making these Urbex videos, I watch them everyday, and I enjoy all of them.
I feel exactly the same.
As huge as that place is, those other people HAD to follow you around. I'm not even there and they annoyed me. They should have gone their own way; hearing them all in the background kinda ruins the suspense and mystery that your videos usually have.
Dominick Kasza Ya this video just isn't the same with the other people in it. Just about to click off.
This is incredibly pretentious. I'm not a part of this youtube "clique" so maybe I'm missing something, but he doesn't own rights to explore that building does he? So he wants to be able to profit for free, and get upset at people who are doing the same thing as him?
The following behavior of humans becomes more and more prevalent as I get older. They just can't think for themselves, so they follow.
the graffiti pisses me off. it's not even good it looks like shit and it's such a nonsensical way to treat an abandoned building
Zoie Hass if it looked good and was vaguely artistic then maybe. but, yeah for real
Zoie Hass i think it adds to the vibe
It's Art.. and you know it..
Graffiti is so nice especially on abandoned buildings!
Zoie Hass hey I did some of that "shit"
Both of my grandfathers worked here as physical therapists after World War II and both of my parents went to Kings Park High School and started dating after they graduated. My dad said he's always amazed how the state of New York allows this giant monolith to sit there for decades. There's a lot of family memories here.
Seeing a gorgeous complex abandoned like this makes me so angry. In a time when housing is so unaffordable.... ugh.
The proper people need proper shoes 😂
I was thinking the siren was just the typical Wednesday at noon tornado siren testing lol
Grew up in the neighboring town, it went off every day at noon and you eventually went tonedeaf to it.
We have 10 pm siren and I live less then a block from it. I no longer hear it.
those are the sirens from the local fire departments, they go off when alarms come in
It's the fire whistle....it will go off once at noon...and seven times when there is a fire.
40 of us know what it's like lmao
That 'prom?' thing is a creepypasta waiting to happen lmao
What time
Maddie Thomas At 11:43
Update Dec 2019: they are doing a lot of construction in the area now and it was flooded with cops. They came up to us, were cool, but told us we would be arrested if caught past the fences.
Is there a day they aren't on patrol?... I know of a building 45 minutes from me that the EPA is clearing out. I am able to sneak in there during the weekends, although. Their days off.
@@zachparker1468 not too sure I live 2 hours away from it so I never decided to go back. The first time we went was on a weekend and didn't see a single cop and got in the buildings fine. The day we got yelled at was on a weekday.
@@zachparker1468 The NYS Parks Police patrol this site. They are there every day of the week, weekends, holidays. You can walk around the grounds but can't pass a fence or blockade and if you get caught in a building you will be arrested for trespassing. My friend is one of the officers that works there.
@@daniellehamilton894 can you get a permit to walk inside the buildings ?
@@lucyoobieoob8678 no. No one is allowed inside. Unless you know one of the police officers that will look the other way like I do. 😊
The siren that went off by the power plant is a test of the emergency broadcast system to make sure that if there was a tornado or any other disaster that can happen the siren works. Awesome video my heart skipped a beat at the heights. Proper People every week you guys out do yourselfs!
No it isn't lol. It's a local fire station. On LI we have a siren in most towns that goes off either at noon, or if a fire has broken out
I heard it all the damn time by my old house. I also think it summoned volunteer firefighters when they were needed. Eerie sound...
Interesting!
As Rico said, its a siren for a fire station when they get a call. A few of the local FDs near me still have theirs operational.
Tim Sable That was the siren a fire department puts out when they get a somewhat important call
The graffiti shows how many people with mental health issues have visited this place since it was closed.
I've known abandoned places were people commit sucide and put there goodbyes on the walls with graffiti
Agreed!
That's not a mental health issue, don't tarnish mental health sufferers.
@@satchfan2010 well said!!
Cooper Williams delinquency isn’t a mental illness
grew up about 15mins away and used to explore this place circa 2005--2007. many fond memories going there at night and navigating all the tunnels. running into kids there was pretty common even back then. It was really a giant urban explorers playground, situated on beautiful park grounds and the north shore. remember one particular night at the quad where everything was banging and slamming because of really high winds, scared the shit out of me and my friends lol. thanks for capturing some of the buildings I never could get into!
It’s storming right now while I watch this, and at about 16:10 I shit myself because I thought it was tornado sirens here 💀
I forget that not every state has tornado sirens. I was confused when they didn’t know what they were and had to remember that they’re not from the Midwest.
Kylie Tenniswood this is Long Island lmao it wasn’t a tornado siren
It’s a fire truck
It’s a siren for the fire department
One time when I went to explore I was at the 3rd floor of the 'Quad' building when I heard consistent loud banging on the first floor stairwell. Sounded like a metal pipe being thrashed against the steel railings over and over by a lunatic. Me and my friend went down to see, and there was nobody there at all just a pipe resting on the floor debris and an extreme drop in temperature. I dont think it was another kid cause it was at 3am, and all other doors that could be used by a prankster to get to that stairwell to fool us were sealed shut besides the one door we used to get to that point. Didn't make any sense, and was the creepiest thing I've experienced.
MyTravelingStar it could've been security trying to flush you guys out by doing creepy shit, idk when you experienced this but from I've seen in the comments they've increased security in the area in recent months. Could've even been a crackhead or tweaker just spazzing the hell out or trying to also scare others out of their smoke spot.
@@100GTAGUY Oh no this was about 9 years ago back in my teen years. Back then there was only 1 squad car that used to drive up and down the stretch of road between all the buildings. Now theres like 4, and foot units deployed like you said aswell. It may just as well could have been a trick to mess with us, but I have no clue how he couldve gotten in where we were as everything around was sealed shut beside the way we went in. I don't know.. I'm just glad I don't still go in there haha.. I used to inside around 4 times a week back then. Very lucky I never got caught.
@@ratiodealer Funny enough, last year i heard the same banging. It was windy and rainy so i assume it must be some door or window or something.
@@spookystudios5772 I just went yesterday and the exact same thing happened! Loud banging and we checked through the entire floor and then left LMFAO
@@spookystudios5772 when I was there around 2006 I had a very similar experience, *really* windy night and tons of shit banging like crazy. figured it was just the wind but it's fascinating to hear these other stories.
i love these longer videos, so much content to take in! Keep up the awesome work guys
Great work! There still looks to be loads of stuff that can be smashed up in there! If this was the UK, the New Wave Urbex smashcrews would have a field day.
and that's one of many reasons to why, we do not want people like you in our country..
yakanies people like him are the worst. Why people wanna smash things in abandoned places is beyond me
Because they're British and have been repressed for generations in many different ways.
starving buttchug artist Repression? Just look at the USA. Who can you come up with for presidential candidates? Two total arseholes... LOL , put your own house in order first!
I'm really enjoying your videos, and my fave one so far, was where you went inside the prison after Hurricane Katrina hit. I have a fascination for old buildings, and like to know the history of them. You guys make the most interesting, and sometimes scary videos I have seen! Many thanks - stay safe!
I was in Kings Park once. It was a nightmare. Got out in 3 days with threats and a little help from outside. What they used to do is get you drugged up doing the shuffle. Then you are there for the rest of your life. They got lots of $$$ per head from the government. Thank God l escaped !!!
lol why the heck when I google this does it say hours of operation 11am-11pm and have a listed phone number with pictures of this abandoned building???
Drews Quick Fixes Ideas And Hacks they still use some buildings there
Drews Quick Fixes Ideas And Hacks it’s also a state park open to the public I go all the time
Its a public park anyone can visit
Drews Quick Fixes Ideas And Hacks ikr
It's in a state park but your not supposed to go in the buildings
The other people ruined the vibes
As kids we actually found the underground tunnels to this place.. And got into pretty much every abandoned building that was on this property. exploring.. Not vandalizing.. We also explored the location in Brentwood as well..
I live here on Long Island. One of my good friends is a police officer that patrols the area. Regular people can come and park. They can ride their bikes or walk around the grounds. Some people walk their dogs. It's actually a pretty cool place to be. They ask that you don't go in any buildings or pass any fences or blockades. If you do they will arrest you for trespassing.
Since I'm friends with him I get to go and explore and do basically whatever I please. I've been all over the property and it really is an amazing place to experience. It's sad that people can't explore the place without destroying property or spraying graffiti on everything.
PS- Definitely don't come on Halloween night. Every single person thinks it would be so cool and they literally have like 20 cops patrolling and tons of people get escorted off the property or arrested.
So you can explore inside cuz you’re friends with a cop but these guys who aren’t vandalizing can’t go inside to film a documentary?
bruh the intro of this video was amazing 👍👍👍👍
Ikr
Yeah Go Pro has everyone acting like they are 20th Century Fox, or some mainstream movie company.
+J. Richard drones help too
iTheGeek :\
iTheGeek ?
this is a long island edgy kid staple, you couldnt consider yourself one of em unless youve been here lmao
you're not wrong at all, I'm one of 'em
So true
amadaa tf i’ve lived here all my life and never heard of it
amadaa just stayed with my girlfriend and her family in Northport for 10 days and I made absolute sure me and her came and took a small trip inside before I headed back home.
Agreed!
This is the first video I've noticed with the captions being accurate. HUGE thanks for adding them. I'm HoH (hard of hearing) so that was super helpful to follow along with what was being said.
I live on Long Island and I love going here and exploring all those buildings
seing buildings vandalised like this makes me angry
mega beep why government. won't give a urea. they should have turned to outpatient
@@davidschomer9655 Fuck you punk.
It's literally just a pile of bricks and asbestos. Not like it's a building worth protecting.
Comparing an iphone to a DSLR .. oooof, maximum cringe right there.
I guess that boy's just ignorant when it comes to cameras. lol.
You can tell hes a virgin.
yeah a lot of kids only understand "more resolution = more quality." I want to slap that kid in the face.
You should dedicate this video to the many scared and tormented souls that were forced to be there over the years. Many were no doubt dumped there by family, only to be never seen again. Considering how people with psychiatric illnesses were treated for decades, I shutter to think what many were forced endure there.
do you think its haunted?
I work as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital in NY and have met patients who were at this institution.
Why did the thumbnail look like it was built in Minecraft
Omg it does lmao
One of those old 2013 master builds lol
You legit have a point
Because that's how perfect the shot was
I clicked on this vid bc I thought it was a minecraft video lol
Am I the only person who much prefers this channel over the other channels? (I'm talking about like "Exploring With Josh" and other people).
cat. this and dan bells channel are my favourites
I agree. He’s knowledgeable and shows respect by doing a good amount of research beforehand. I also appreciate the calm tone of voice throughout.
Ur not the only one
Have you watched "Omar Gosh TV" and "The Fam"?
Appreciate their respect of the property, others they meet and less drama. The history is a plus, the slower pace of the cameras and not showing themselves over the contents of the project. Much more mature, with less vulgar languages.
They designated the grounds as park grounds with even a children’s playground about 15-20 years ago lol. But the buildings are off limits . We used to go in the tunnels that connect the buildings in the 90s .
To all of the people getting annoyed that people go there, this is kind of like a hangout spot for people. Almost all Long Islanders know about this. Most likely you are from a different place like California or something. Also if you go to my channel I also visited this place but filmed it, I have been there multiple times but never went inside because of all of the sicknesses. Even being near those nails you can get sick, so if you go there don't touch your face or any other sensitive parts. I hope you get it all now! I am a Long Islander and that's why I know this. If you are new to the island please make sure you do your research to find fun places and to e safe a few towns are safe and alot aren't. Have a fun day and stay safe! Oh yeah i forgot about COVID-19 stay healthy too! And don't go after 7pm it's illegal you can get arrested, if you are wear all black and blend in with the dark i gave you ilegal advise! whoopsie!
do you think the security there still cares becuase i want to make videos in the future and explore this place with friends as a scary video
this is my home town :) i only been on the outside of these buildings, i actually have a master key for this place my grandparents use to work there many years ago
Many asylums were closed in the '80s under Ronald Reagan.
It started before his presidency but he cut funding severely, thus asylums were no longer profitable.
This contributed largely to the surge of the homeless population.
For some people, advances in medication (which then made home care a possibility) became an option ... but not for enough.
In many cases, prisons are the new asylums.
They care nothing/know nothing about treatment.
Most prisons are for-profit institutions, today.
They're more than happy to take over where the asylums left off.
No matter how you look at this issue, we, as a country, have failed to help those in need.
To think that people would have had a (potentially) better life in a place like you're showing ... GOD help us.
Yeah, Ronald Reagan and Pat Brown gov. of California put the final nail in the coffin of most asylums. It's also worth pointing out that even before pharmaceuticals were widely available, many asylum patients needed round-the-clock supervision anyway. I heard a report that 60% of homeless people are mentally ill. We could get rid of a lot of homelessness if we re-opened institutions for mentally ill people. They would probably have a better quality of life, too.
Carson Myers crime would also likely go down, having fewer mentally unstable people on the street with drugs or guns etc
The answer is to help these poor people, not lock them away in what boils down to human farms
Yes, but this place has been closed for 100+ years.
GD Distxrded try 1996....
First, the bulk of the people that lived in these large psychiatric campuses were geriatric patients afflicted with diseases like dementia, alzheimer's or strokes . The care of those completely shifted to local nursing homes, assisted living centers and in home care.
If we're limiting the discussion to the care of the mentally ill, JFK is the one that pushed the legislation to close the large psychiatric hospitals and pivot federal funding to community health centers (Community Mental Health Act of 1963). Appellate courts and changes in legislation at the state level around the same time made it much more difficult for people to be committed involuntarily. Advances in psychopharmaceuticals seemingly obviated the demand for long term psychiatric care so little money was spent on maintaining large campuses like Kings Park. They were designed to be more or less self sustaining with able bodied patients providing enough labor and economic activity to not need large tax outlays from the public fisc . With much lower patient population, these places are nonviable. I doubt there are 5,000 non-forensic inpatient beds for long term psychiatric care in the entire United States whereas Kings Park had around 15,000 of those beds alone at its height. Psych hospitals, where they still exist, focus on stabilizing patients and returning them to the community as rapidly as possible.
I do agree with you that many of the mentally ill would be better served if those hospitals still existed. There is a spectrum of people that can't manage day to day living activities and need a structured and safe environment like these hospitals provided.
The siren heard @16:00 is the Kings Park fire department responding to a call, in case anyone was wondering. It’s like right across the street from the psych center property. Northport and a few other local departments still use similar sirens as well.
I live right near here. Few years ago my sister had a soccer tournament right next to this. It was so unreal. You could here people screaming inside there. I toke some cool photos from the outside
Why do people go to places just to vandalise it?
Most of the times it's young adults with nothing better to do than to destroy things that greater men have created. Reasons are mostly non-existant.
drunken/drugged up teens
SDGlambert5045 not if they're under 18. they get a free trip to the police station and then home charges dropped.
THER STUPID WHAT MORE CAN ONE SAY!
"that looks pretty wet" that's what he said lol
You hear that often? ;)
Nhilistic Swede Savage 😂😂😂😂
Then you must be pretty green on RUclips and internet forums.
Genesis Alva lmao! Nice
+Nhilistic Swede I'm during of laughing
Ive been here a hundred times in my life and still never explored the entire thing. Its massive, insanely massive.
Hearing the sirens, my husband looked at me and said “it’s the first Monday of the month” 🤣 They we’re testing the tornado sirens.
Those are the 12pm Sirens or fire alarm Sirens that's how it is here all over the island.
Lunch whistle....all the fire departments do it....No tornados on long island (for the most part) LOL.... definitely no tornado sirens....
@@daniellehamilton894 yeah. thank goodness we don't get tornadoes. or if we do, they're like waterspouts
That means there's a fire
I grew up in Kings Park. That's the siren from the local Fire Department.
As someone who has explored this location with friends and who has gotten chased out by a homeless I don’t not recommend coming here
'A homeless' they're people, not animals. You probably got chased out for being annoying.
so you do?
Maybe this place yeah, but I've encountered a few. One was nasty (although we never saw the person, but heard them from the same floor as he heard us because he kept yelling things like "Who the #5$# is that?" and other things), the other two weren't as bad and mainly thought we were stealing their stuff. With the two that weren't as bad, basically we "agreed" we'd leave eachother alone (my guess is that they deal with urbexers quite a bit). This is also why it's a good idea not to go urbexing by yourself as well.
This is also why I make subtle but audible clicking noises when I enter areas... partially so I can see if anyone responds (like a homeless person) or worse, a wild animal.
Hello fellow KP native!
@@CannabrannaLammer You sound like you get chased out of a lot of places.
Not sure if anyone has said this, but that noise you were asking about around 16:08 that is our fire departments alert to get to the fire house to go out on a call, usually for when there is a big fire or accident. Nothing to be concerned about! Awesome video, I was recently just there for the first time for a photo walk.. didn't get to explore much of it, just was able to get into one of the buildings, but I am glad I saw this and didn't really miss much. :)
PS: You just gained a new sub!
UPDATE: I am unsure if you have been notified by this, but tonight my local news used your footage of Kings Park for a news story about how they're going to tighten up security for Halloween weekend. Shows how awesome this video is out of the others that have been posted!!
16:00 Sounds like an air raid siren test. A lot of communities still test their air raid sirens at a certain time each week. When I was growing up in the 70's they would test them each Saturday, exactly at noon.
But I agree, it might be a signal for the volunteer firefighters if it happens at random times.
JimTheSoundman nope its the fire department, lmao our pagers will go off for all alarms but the siren you hear in the video is for any fire calls or motor vehicle accidents then dispatch activates the “general tones” which causes the siren to go off
Seeing all the graffiti, I'd say security isn't doing a very good job 😂😂
So many people probably suffered in that place
@silverbird58 and I really hate to think about this place before the 50's (when Thorazine was first introduced and implemented)
Is it me or do we all just feel like nerds when we say facts?
I'm honestly doing some research with this location involved and I honestly feel so nerdy.
@@luannediaz1838 for sure. whenever i talk to my friends about this place, i feel like a total nerd because i'm an explorer and they really don't do urbex, so it's like I'm talking to myself. and then some of them will go "why do you know so much about this place" 😂😂
@@brenparker1156 lmao same with my friend
For anyone who’s curious of why there are so many people , it’s because Kings Park is still open to the public . You can walk around the park just not the buildings, but with letting it be open like that it gives people the chance to explore it . And police and security still do care i recently just got caught by them taking pics there . That entrance they went through is now blocked :(
all those teenagers only had phones for flashlights but y'all had expensive lights on your expensive cameras. :)
Ask a kid for a flashlight these days and they'll hand you their cryphone, then make fun of someone smart who carries an actual flashlight.
elesjuan ikr
elesjuan because a teenager is going to have an actual flashlight/led light on their person at all times.
Killer KummyStar I did. I still do, too.
A.G.G LET ME LIVE
I'm glad someone is documenting these places....you guys do a good job, setting an excellent example of how to treat such places respectfully. Agreeing with others that it's sad such places can't be preserved a little....
You saw remains of a shortwave diathermy machine! Don't see many of those anymore...
And you mentioned that this place also started with farms and livestock. I was at Napa briefly but learned a lot about the state hospital system (California in this case) while I was there. They still had the facilities for farming, but of course after Reagan was governor most of the hospitals were closed or downsized.
It's too bad, because IMHO there's still a need....
You guys need a TV show only followed 2 days ago and I'm hooked. Keep it up guys
Those kids were a buzzkill for the video, but it was still enjoyable
Central Southern Fishing yep.. shame 🔔🔔
totally
why would you leave them in the final cut anyway,.. i would preserve the vibe of the video and not have these random people show up like its a party... all the voices.. man what a buzzkill!
Tons of people turns a cool abandoned facility into a boring, run down tourist attraction, and there were probably plenty of junkies hiding out too.
Central Southern Fishing i actually know the people there😂
holy fuck ive been waiting for this video. it came out so good. better than mine lol. keep exploring guys. I love kp go there every week
Thanks! Wish we had more time to explore it thoroughly but we got there too late in the day, damn NYC traffic held us up.
that's why you always give yourself an hour extra or more travel time for NYC traffic
+The Proper People that's a scary place
I would love to go there. I would make a trip from Baltimore for it. email me thestarspangleddiggers@gmail.com
The Proper People If you guys ever go back there. Highly recommend going into the building connected to 7 thru the breezeway. The creepiness in that building is insane. You never see anyone in there either. If you want to contact me about serious information. DM me on instagram at @dark.exploration
It's pretty cool to see all those other people exploring the building to looks like a lot of fun
If your a Long Islander like me, you've explored here or at LEAST had a friend try to convince you to go with them😂🙋🏻♀️
Ya
Yep
11:44 who the hell asks someone to prom at psychiatric center??
A former patient or someone who should be?
I’d say yes if someone asked me on an urbex trip. Why the bloody hell not?
Juggalo?
The local kids grow up in these buildings. It’s not a tourist spot for us in the area.. it’s just a normal Sunday.
You have to remember these were the people's lifelong homes - you try to make life as 'normal' as possible - I'm sure it once looked better and who can beat the views?
After all the crap you guys have walked in you should try boots instead of trendy sneakers
I think they just found cheap shoes that are easy to just throw away
@@jaydenminnis2752 no they wear VAN's which are more expensive than the safety shoes i bought at the army surplus store for $40
b cooper I personally always explore in vans, lightweight, durable, and you can climb in them which is something you can’t do in boots.
Jack Kollhoff I used to climb in trees with size 13 boots daily at my old job just a bit less efficient than a chimp could, and never had a puncture from sharp objects once so far.
My vans on the other hand lasted all but a month before their glue separated from the sole and canvas, and i suffered foot injuries from sole punctures from malleable safety wire, to seven inch spikes hitting bone from medjul palms quite often. They've got some of the best damn durability to abrasion I've seen a sole withstand on a shoe I'll give them that, but boy does it let pointed things slide through it like it's nothing. I'd recommend avoiding them while exploring due to the potential of used syringes discarded by junkies or other syringes being left behind by a staff told to abandon the facility.
You can do anything in boots you can do in athletic shoes, you just gotta wear them and get used to them. And when you do wear running shoes or whatever you'll feel like the flash without heavy boots constantly resistance training you
I was just there few days ago. They have it fenced off much more now and it’s very overgrown and much harder to get in.
The memories of growing up on LI. I've been in all those towers and rooms. I got so many pics and vids from the place since the mid 2000's
really good material and thanks a lot for sharing. Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter
this is the kind of place where someone dies. then it's demolished shortly after. mark my words.
Sasquatch Models this is ny. The whole reason the place stands still is due to the cleanup cost, mark my words, far as i know its already happened.
they cant clean it up/ knock it down bc of asbestos and stuff like that
It takes 10 to 15 business years to have anything done in New York. Especially in NYC.
@@samikay9599 - is a business year 365 Monday through Fridays?
@@samikay9599, which also presumably excludes the definition of a "New York Minute" as well.
For a time there were 10k patients and 4k workers, most workers lived on the grounds. Apparently it was considered like a country club of psychiatric wards, with beautiful, well-maintained gardens, flower beds. Patients involved in occupation therapy, working in the steam power plant, milking cows, tending the farms. They had their own government, police and fire department, even their own currency that patients could earn and spend in the hospital stores.
That makes absolutely no sense. They wouldn't have their own government.
@@annas.8902 Sure it does; you can find extensive information online about the history of this place, and learn about it for yourself.
Nearly every incorporated town and city in America has it’s own government, often with elected mayors and other leaders, who implement policies and laws specific to their own jurisdictions.
That doesn’t mean they are independent from federal or state government laws and regulations.
You must be confusing the term “government” with “sovereign nation”
@@annas.8902
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government
@@truthbydesign5146 I'm not confusing anything lol. I work for a municipality, I know what they are. I'm saying that a mental facility would not have it's own government.
@@annas.8902 It was a community of over 4k employees, many of whom lived on the grounds. It wasn’t your usual “hospital” - but large complex of dozens of buildings, with their own police, fire department, stores, power factory, farms etc.. Larger than many small towns. It’s not surprising that they had local government and elections. The old timers who were there during its prime describe it in the following youtube video, title:
“Kings Park Psychiatric Center - Closing the Center”
Please stop implying that I’m lying about this, when you can easily research this for yourself.
16:00 testing the emergency signal maybe. Where I live the emergency signal system is tested every first Saturday.