BULLETIN: We will be giving a series of presentations this Summer. Each covers ruins and remnants found all over Long Island. So, come out and meet us. Find out where and when here.
DVDs
of Long Island's Ruins offered by Long Island Oddities
The
Forgotten Wards: The Kings Park Story
A hallway covered in fallen paint chips; deserted rooms where patients'
voices once filled the air. A power plant full of machinery sits idle
as if sleeping. These are the sights of Kings Park State Hospital. Take
a tour through its early history; the dreams and hopes of the state. Travel
through the grounds, and see the dusty halls, quiet auditoriums, and mysterious
remnants of days long past. Hear the tales told by a patient admitted
to Kings Park not long before the doors closed forever. Take a 120 minute
trip through Forgotten Wards: The Kings Park Story and experience the
entire grounds and what it was like to call Kings Park Psych Center your
home. Featuring historic pictures, abandonment video, patient interview
and narration.
Forgotten
Wards: The Kings Park Story
PREVIEW
Forgotten
Wards: The Central Islip Legacy
The Central Islip Psychiatric Center shut its doors forever in 1996.
Part of it became a college campus, part became developed, yet other parts
are left abandoned. These structures are a testament to a history that
started over a century ago. Come and see historic images of this once
self-sufficient center with narration to guide your way. Then take a stroll
down the abandoned hallways left behind by this great piece of history, also with
narration. Featuring historic pictures, abandonment video and narration.
Fogotten
Wards: Pilgrim, the Final Chapter
Explore the abandoned wards of what was once the world's largest hospital.
See the morgue, the lock shop, the power plant and all the other abandoned
buildings on the grounds of Pilgrim State. Hear the history while seeing
rare, historic photos and learn why Pilgrim is the final chapter. Featuring
historic pictures, abandonment video and narration.
Journey back in time to an underground
tunnel in Brooklyn that spans centuries. First used as an underground passage
for the Long Island Railroad, this tunnel lay nearly completely forgotten
from the 1860’s to the 1980’s, when it and its history were finally
rediscovered. See historic photos and live video as the tunnel appears now. Experience
a poignant trip down the tunnel with Bob Diamond, the man who uncovered
the forgotten tunnel.
