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.[1][2][3]
| River Crest Sanitarium | |
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Marketing post card issued by the hospital
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| Geography | |
| Location | Astoria,_Queens, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′45″N 73°54′48″W / 40.77917°N 73.91333°W / 40.77917; -73.91333 |
| Organization | |
| Care system | NY State Licensed |
| Funding | NY State |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Beds | 500 |
| Speciality | Disorders of the nervous system |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1896 |
| Closed | 1961 |
| Demolished | 1962 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
The institution went out of business in 1961. "A high school now occupies the rear of the site,"[4] and a local restaurant is "named after the Sanitarium."[5][6]
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