My favorite destination, though, is Nissequogue River State Park with its hike and bike trail, which was once a spur of the Long Island Rail Road serving the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center.

On June 21, 1967, at the age of 17, Lucy Winer was committed to the female violent ward of Kings Park State Hospital following a series of failed suicide attempts. Over 30 years later, now a ...

Condemned as evil, mental hospitals closed, leading to fragmented system. Dec. 20, 2012— -- It took filmmaker Lucy Winer several decades to come to terms with having been locked up in a ...