Pilgrim Psychiatric Center on Long Island, or the Pilgrim State Hospital as it was once called, was one of four state hospitals built to rectify New York’s overcrowded institutions.

On Long Island, Pilgrim Psychiatric Center has about 278 beds and four outpatient treatment centers. The imposing facility — at one time the largest in the world — opened in 1931.

A firefighter was injured battling a blaze at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center. Pictures sent to News 12 show the fire on G Road in Brentwood. Fire officials say a passerby called 911 when they ...

Larry Euell Jr. received treatment at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center. Credit: Chris Ware As his paranoia increased, he said he stopped hanging out with some friends, thinking they had it in for him.

In November 1996, the last patients at Kings Park Psychiatric Center were transferred to the nearby Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center. While the park is a convenient haven for locals, ...

The self-sufficiency of Pilgrim State Hospital – later Pilgrim Psychiatric Center – predates the much-ballyhooed New Urbanism espoused by community planners and progressive developers.

Throughout the pandemic, Pilgrim has been one of the most deadly OMH sites, in part because it is one of the biggest. Ten patients died there between March and June of 2020, the most of any facility.

BRENTWOOD - Scuttling plans for more than 3 million square feet of mixed-use development valued at more than $800 million, Reckson Associates has pulled its offer of $33.75 million for 460 acres ...