$7 million to clean up Kings Park Psych Center -

It would cost the state parks department $7 million to clean up asbestos and lead paint at 25 former Kings Park Psychiatric Center buildings now part of Nissequogue River State Park and then demolish 19 of the ...

[jack Nicholson]

No wonder the people are all nuts, asbestos makes one go crazy, just look at all of suffolk county, the entire town is made of this crap.

[dan]

Why not re-open them for low cost housing,or prison space,or a free collage,or something for the citizens of NYS. Can't anyone think around the box ,or is everything always destroy, and rebuild, costing taxpayers more and more $$$$$

[NIMBY Island]

What a scam! Just knock them down and bury the stuff. A prison would be a great use for that land, or maybe a illegal alien detention center.

[Gramps]

Wow, developers would not by the property? Just think of all the thousands of people they could cram into that area and develop congestion and filth and help destroy Long Island a bit more. I guess the politicians out there do not have buddies that are developers like the scum in NYC.

[dan]

Gramps wrote:

Wow, developers would not by the property? Just think of all the thousands of people they could cram into that area and develop congestion and filth and help destroy Long Island a bit more. I guess the politicians out there do not have buddies that are developers like the scum in NYC.

I bet your right. A deal was probably made. Let the taxpayer clean up the mess,than a developer can build and make mega bucks while saving on the cleanup costs.. I wonder why the politicians are backing such an expensive plan????Maybe a perk??? I have walked those grounds, and It would make a perfect campus, low cost housing,prison psycho- institution again, and an illegal holding cell is a real good idea....

[Spanky]

Unreal wrote:

<quoted text>Dan, it's the residents of Kings Park that just want teh land cleaned and nothing to be built on it. They have fought fo rhte closing of the grounds and they will continue to fight if there are plans of anything to be built also.
I resided in Kings Park for 16 years before moving out in the mid 70's. It is no longer the same as it was back then.

True. Kings Park is deserate to get rid of their White Trash image. I think a State Facility should be rebuilt there. Perhaps another Jail.

[usmc combat vet]

Instead of giving NYC 354 mil for the " traffic problem " . Why not use the money to clean this place up and turn it into a "forever wild park" a place where the childern of tommorow can see what open country use to be like. Use the land for All , not just the rich

[ATF]

jack Nicholson wrote:

No wonder the people are all nuts, asbestos makes one go crazy, just look at all of suffolk county, the entire town is made of this crap.

Suffolk County is not a town, it is what you said it is, A County, you sound like really , really intelligent person. I grew up in Suffolk County, the home I lived in was not made of that poison, nor were the grocery stores and other places I frequently visited. Maybe get your facts before posting smarty.

[Deac]

The buildings are all trashed and it would probably cost more to repair them for any kind of use. I think the estimate is low for demolition and rehab of the contamination and since the State made the mess in the first place, they have an obligation to clean it up. Then, some of it should be left as parkland and the rest developed in order to help with school taxes - a light industry, or office campus would be ideal.

[Sandy]

ATF wrote:

<quoted text>
Suffolk County is not a town, it is what you said it is, A County, you sound like really , really intelligent person. I grew up in Suffolk County, the home I lived in was not made of that poison, nor were the grocery stores and other places I frequently visited. Maybe get your facts before posting smarty.

you sound really, really intelligent person!! Are you Asian? Try some kindness and don't be so quick to shoot you mouth off! I see your not perfect either! I do hope you are not in a position of power, you sound dangerous!!

[Karol]

I lived in Kings Park most of my life and what a waste!! The property years ago should of been made into a college.

The medical facilities was there!!! It wouldnt of cost all so much for the repairs if it was done right then and there instead of waiting 10 years!!!. There is now a rehad operating and and half way house which we see everyday. Is this what we really want?? i think it's time for some people to Sh-- or get off the pot.

Or do we want to go back to the old saying "Welcome to Kings Park. Where the nuts chase the squirrels."

[KLR]

Spanky wrote:

<quoted text>
True. Kings Park is deserate to get rid of their White Trash image. I think a State Facility should be rebuilt there. Perhaps another Jail.

Are you kidding me, you are from West Islip and you are calling Kings Park white trash. That is hysterical, have you looked around your neighborhood?? You wish you could afford to live in Kings Park but who wants you, you are trash, "west Islip Trash", the worst kind!! Oh, and P.S., learn how to spell (desperate) you idiot, just proves what I already said.

[NotShocked]

I say REBUILD. We need the space for all the crazy people Newsday has been reporting on...

[Curley]

See, we are lucky to have minorities.
Who else is gonna do this work?
Nobody I know.

[QUING]

I'M NOT TOO CRAZY ABOUT THAT PLACE..

[Bob]

Let's do it an preserve this as a park

[A Registered Nurse]

7 million will not clean up the kings park grounds, more like 107 million.All those empty lots that you see going down the boulevard holds a little secret namely a buried biulding loaded with aspestos demolished before enviromental laws took effect.Sub tunnels run throughout the grounds that once brought power from the power plant again loaded with aspestos.Why this low ball figure?

[STrYDeR]

why dont you just LEAVE THE PLACE ALONE! its a part of history of the town of Kings Park. Take that away and what history do you have?

[KPSHMRU]

Could you imagine the traffic congestion if the hospital grounds were to be developed as housing? When the hospital was functioning with three shifts, there was a lot less housing in the area. Now, KP is virtually paved over. Try to drive Main Street during the rush hours. Good luck. Low income housing? You are killing me. Why should taxpayers pay for someone else to live on the most desirable property in the entire town of Smithtown? Nobody is helping pay my mortgage. Besides, low income housing brings crime. The schools would become crowded without an increase in the tax base. Apartment and low income housing dwellers do not pay their fair share of school taxes. If you want to turn KP into a slum, put in low income housing. Is that politically incorrect? Oh, no, they will probably send me to re-education camp to learn the "party line".

[North Shore]

NotShocked wrote:

I say REBUILD. We need the space for all the crazy people Newsday has been reporting on...

Thank you for making this statement. Honestly... to hear a piece of Trash from the South shore try to Knock ANY town on the north shore is hilarious... and WEST ISLIP!!!! HAHAHAH!! Anyone who has a license with the Word Islip typed in the adress section needs to think about a career change because the last thing you want to do is wake up in the morning and realize that all thatyour education was able to muster was a dirty trash-hole on in Islip. KP Pride.