River Crest Sanitarium
River Crest Sanitarium was a New York State licensed mental hospital located in Astoria, Queens. River Crest was founded in 1896 by John J. Kindred (1864-1937), a Virginia native who moved to Queens and was elected to the House of Representatives, serving from 1911 to 1913 and 1921 to 1929.
History
The institution went out of business in 1961. "A high school now occupies the rear of the site," and a local restaurant is "named after the Sanitarium."
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Notable patients
- Wilhelm Steinitz – World Chess Champion, 1900
- Thomas J. Callan – United States Army soldier, 1900
- Caitlin Thomas – wife of poet Dylan Thomas, after having come to see her dying husband at St Vincent's Hospital, in November 1953
References
- ^ Walsh, Kevin (October 22, 2015). "Ditmars Boulevard Queens -- Businesses & Architecture". Brownstoner Magazine.
- ^ "River Crest, Astoria, Long Island, New York City: A Private Sanitarium for the Care and Treatment of Mental and Nervous Diseases and Selected Cases of Alcoholic and Drug Habituation ..." N. Y. River Crest Sanitarium, Astoria – via Google Books.
- ^ Marshall, David (September 24, 2015). Forgetting Fathers: Untold Stories from an Orphaned Past. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-5893-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ Walsh, Kevin (January 21, 2014). "Remains of a Former Astoria Asylum". Brownstoner Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ From the website of the high school now on the Sanitarium's site: "River Crest Sanitarium".
- ^ Astoria's named-after Rivercrest restaurant: "Rivercrest: American Cuisine".
- ^ "Chess Player Steinitz Dead". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 14, 1900. p. 10 -. Retrieved January 2, 2019 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com
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- ^ "Escaped from Sanitarium; No Trace of Thomas Callan, Who Disappeared a Week Ago". The New York Times. October 29, 1900. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
