The Kings Park Psychiatric Center has had a large effect on the social changes of Long Island. A small town grew larger and prosperous from the direct effect of this State hospital from the time of 1885 to the present. The history of the town, the patients and court cases held, and the concluding plans for the land after its closing have all had a significant mark on the social changes of the town. The first hospital was built in a quiet farming town later named Kings Park. In 1885, officials of what was then the city of Brooklyn established...
Center. Environmentalists have asked that the land be used as a park, while developers seem to be ready to build yet another shopping mall and residential community on what id left of Long Island's open space. Bleyer, and Marroquin The land will be kept, as a park, marina, and the rest are yet to be determined. The Kings Park Psychiatric Center completely changed the social atmosphere of Kings Park and surrounding towns and no matter what happens to the land after it has been divided up, it will be remembered as the center and core of this town forever.