Seaview Hospital is a historic hospital complex in Willowbrook on

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. The original complex was planned and built between 1905 and 1938 and was the largest and most costly municipal facility for the treatment of

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of its date in the United States. After being shuttered, the complex was listed as a national

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. After many years of sitting empty, portions of the complex have reopened as the Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center & Home, which operates as a long-term care and rehabilitation facility in the

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network. The facility houses a nursing home, independent living facility, and the first long-term care brain injury rehabilitation center in downstate New York.

Historic district

The

encompasses 37 contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main buildings are located along a north–south axis along Brielle Avenue and many are in the

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style. The north group of buildings include: * Administration Building (1913) * Surgical Pavilion (1913) * Nurses Residence (1913, addition 1932) Currently an independent living senior complex, Parklane at Seaview. * Staff House (1913) * Power House / Laundry and Ambulance Complex (1912, addition 1935) * Kitchen and Dining Hall Group (1912) * Women's Pavilions (1909-1911) Sanatorium additions include * Auditorium or "New Dining Hall" (1917, now known as Colony Hall) * Group Building (1917) * Men's and Women's Open Air Pavilions (1917) Later buildings include * Catholic Chapel and Rectory (1928) * City Mission Chapel or Chapel of St. Luke the Physician (1934) * Pathology Lab (1927-1928) * Children's Hospital (1935-1937) * Sputum House (1911 / 1932) * Richmond County Isolation Hospital (1928) ''Note:'' This includes an
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and It was designated, with its grounds, a City Landmark in 1985 and added to the

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in 2005.

Other usage

In 2001 it was used as a filming location for the song " Death Blooms" by alternative metal band

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. In 2015 it was also used as a filming location for Damien Leone’s Terrifier.

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Forgotten New York: Hospital of the Damned
Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City Historic districts in Staten Island Colonial Revival architecture in New York City Tudor Revival architecture in New York City Hospital buildings completed in 1905 Defunct hospitals in Staten Island National Register of Historic Places in Staten Island 1905 establishments in New York City New York City Designated Landmarks in Staten Island New York City designated historic districts NYC Health + Hospitals Abandoned hospitals in the United States {{StatenIsland-NRHP-stub

Historic district

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