| Manhattan Psychiatric Center | |
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| New York State Office of Mental Health | |
 The main building of the Manhattan Psychiatric Center from the Harlem River in 2017 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | New York City,New York, United States |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Beds | 509 |
| Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Former name | Dunlap-Manhattan Psychiatric Hospital |
| Opened | 1848 |
| Links | |
| Website | omh |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
TheManhattan Psychiatric Center is aNew York-state runpsychiatric hospital onWards Island inNew York City. As of 2009, it was licensed for 509 beds, but holds only around 200 patients. The current building is 17 stories tall.[1] The building strongly resembles the main building of theCreedmoor Psychiatric Center inQueens. It is adjacent toKirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, a specialized facility for patients with criminal convictions.
The hospital's roots date to 1848 when Wards Island was designated the reception area for immigrants. Some additional structures were originally part of Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asylum, which opened around 1863.[2] The New York City Asylum for the Insane opened in 1863.[3]
The building was significantly enlarged in 1871, and aKirkbride Plan style building was built. After the immigration entry shifted toEllis Island in 1892, the state took it over from Manhattan in 1899 and expanded it even further, renaming it the Manhattan State Hospital.[3] At the time, it had 4,400 beds and was the largestpsychiatric hospital in the world.[3]
At the time, it was one of two psychiatric hospitals for residents ofManhattan that had been taken over by the state. The other psychiatric hospital would become theCentral Islip Psychiatric Center inCentral Islip, New York. Both hospitals were referred to as "Manhattan State Hospital".
A fire on February 18, 1923, killed 27 people: 24 patients and three attendants.[4]
The current building complex was constructed in 1954.[5]
In 1969, Manhattan State Hospital was subdivided into three separate hospitals, Dunlap, Meyer, and Kirby.[6][7] In 1979, the three facilities were combined to become the Manhattan Psychiatric Center, which became affiliated with New York Medical Center.[8] In 1981, the institution made one of its three buildings available to theKirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, a specialty facility for patients involved with the criminal justice system.[8]
The Manhattan Psychiatric Center is run and operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health, and the site is surrounded by Wards Island Park, which is administered by theNew York City Department of Parks and Recreation.[3]
ward's island.
Mrs. Mabel Boll Cella, who wanted to be Queen of the Air when the world knew her as the Queen of Diamonds, died Sunday of a stroke in Manhattan State Hospital for the mentally ill on Wards Island.
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