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Demolition Begins Monday at Former Psych Center

Building 123 will be the first structure to come down.

 

begins at the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center on Monday starting with Building 123, which housed a kitchen and dining room.

Work up to now has largely been remediation and asbestos removal. This will be the first structure to come down. A total of 19 structures are slated to be demolished.

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A website to inform the public about progress at the site has been established. The site, kppccleanup.com, is run by the by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and will serve as a communication hub for what is happening during the clean-up process.


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