River Crest Sanitarium Explained
| River Crest Sanitarium |
| Region: | Astoria,_Queens |
| State: | New York |
| Country: | US |
| Healthcare: | NY State Licensed |
| Funding: | NY State |
| Type: | Specialist |
| Helipad: | No |
| Beds: | 500 |
| Speciality: | Disorders of the nervous system |
| Founded: | 1896 |
| Closed: | 1961 |
| Demolished: | 1962 |
River Crest Sanitarium was a New York State licensed mental hospital located in Astoria, Queens. River Crest was founded in 1896 by John J. Kindred (1864-1937), a Virginia native who moved to Queens and was elected to the House of Representatives, serving from 1911 to 1913 and 1921 to 1929.[1] [2] [3]
History
The institution went out of business in 1961. "A high school now occupies the rear of the site,"[4] and a local restaurant is "named after the Sanitarium."[5] [6]
Notable patients
Notes and References
- Brownstoner Magazine. Ditmars Boulevard Queens -- Businesses & Architecture. Kevin . Walsh . October 22, 2015.
- Web site: River Crest, Astoria, Long Island, New York City: A Private Sanitarium for the Care and Treatment of Mental and Nervous Diseases and Selected Cases of Alcoholic and Drug Habituation ... . N. Y. River Crest Sanitarium, Astoria . Google Books.
- Book: Marshall, David . Forgetting Fathers: Untold Stories from an Orphaned Past. September 24, 2015 . SUNY Press . 978-1-4384-5893-9. Google Books.
- . Remains of a Former Astoria Asylum . Walsh, Kevin . January 21, 2014 . April 21, 2021.
- From the website of the high school now on the Sanitarium's site: Web site: River Crest Sanitarium.
- Astoria's named-after Rivercrest restaurant: Web site: Rivercrest: American Cuisine.
- News: Chess Player Steinitz Dead. August 14, 1900. 10 - . Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com . January 2, 2019.
- News: October 29, 1900. Escaped from Sanitarium; No Trace of Thomas Callan, Who Disappeared a Week Ago.. en-US. The New York Times. July 11, 2020. 0362-4331.
