New York Farm Colony - Staten Island, NY
Correction: Thanks to a diligent viewer of the site it has come to my attention that this is actually the New York Farm Colony and not Willowbrook State School.
Hidden away in a wooded area on Staten Island. The Willowbrook State School was an asylum for mentally retarded children from the 1930's to 1987. At its peak, the hospital had over 6000 residents and was rife with scandal. In 1965 Robert Kennedy toured the site and declared the conditions "living in filth and dirt, their clothing in rags, in rooms less comfortable and cheerful than the cages in which we put animals in a zoo".
Abandoned since 1987 the site is in very serious disrepair. The structural integrity of the buildings were questionable at best. Because of that I chose not to venture inside any of them.
I am 100% positive that this
Submitted by Brie (not verified) on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 12:46.
I am 100% positive that this is NOT the Willowbrook state school. These are the abandoned buildings that belonged to the old Seaview Tuberculosis ward and farm colony. you can find more of these buildings (if you dont mind walking through thorns and over grown trees and what not) decaying behind the newer Seaview Hospital by walking through the Staten Island greenbelt along the blue trail. I myself have searched the woods looking for the remains of the willowbrook state school. the only ones that still exist are used by staten island college. if anyone is interested in actually learning more about this, watch the documentary "Cropsey"
Hey no disrespect, but I am
Submitted by Jean (not verified) on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 23:32.
Hey no disrespect, but I am 99% positive that the photos posted are the New York City Farm Colony, from a different part of Staten Island. I haven't been to Willowbrook, but unless the buildings there are identical to those at the Farm Colony, which I would doubt given the difference in building dates. From cursory research, the Willobrook facility has largely been transformed into part of the campus of the College of Staten Island, while the New York City Farm Colony remains a large abandoned complex of buildings in the woods.