page_title: Central Islip Psychiatric Center
hierarchical_section_title: Central Islip Psychiatric Center
caption_attribution_description: English: Historic Central Islip Recreation Center Building. Located on Clayton St. Central Islip N.Y. It was constructed in the late 1800's as part of the Central Islip State Hospitals First Colony. Photo James Attanaiso
context_page_description: The Central Islip Psychiatric Center was a psychiatric hospital in Central Islip, New York, United States from 1889 until 1996.
  The center was one of the four major hospital "farms" in central Long Island to house the sick from New York City; the others were Kings Park, Pilgrim State Hospital, and Edgewood State Hospital. In 1955 it housed 10,000 patients, making it the second largest psychiatric hospital in the United States next to Pilgrim State Hospital, which was the largest psychiatric institution ever to exist in the United States.
context_section_description: The Central Islip Psychiatric Center was a psychiatric hospital in Central Islip, New York, United States from 1889 until 1996.
  The center was one of the four major hospital "farms" in central Long Island to house the sick from New York City; the others were Kings Park, Pilgrim State Hospital, and Edgewood State Hospital. In 1955 it housed 10,000 patients, making it the second largest psychiatric hospital in the United States next to Pilgrim State Hospital, which was the largest psychiatric institution ever to exist in the United States.
caption: One of the original buildings which is now used for the Central Islip Recreation Center
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