New York City Lunatic Asylum

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19th-century building mental asylum psychiatric hospital

New York City Lunatic Asylum was a 19th-century psychiatric institution located on Roosevelt Island in New York City, historically known for its overcrowded and often harsh conditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
New York City Lunatic Asylum canonical	2
Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island	1
Manhattan State Hospital	1
New York City Lunatic Asylum main building	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century building ⓘ mental asylum ⓘ psychiatric hospital ⓘ
afterUse	municipal hospital facilities ⓘ residential building (The Octagon) ⓘ
architect	Alexander Jackson Davis ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Octagon ⓘ
category	Defunct hospitals in New York City ⓘ History of mental health care in the United States ⓘ Hospitals in Manhattan ⓘ Psychiatric hospitals in New York (state) ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	late 19th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Blackwell's Island ⓘ surface form: Blackwell’s Island Lunatic Asylum New York City Lunatic Asylum ⓘ surface form: Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island
hasPart	The Octagon ⓘ
hasQuality	harsh conditions ⓘ overcrowded ⓘ poor treatment of patients ⓘ
heritageStatus	partly preserved as The Octagon ⓘ
historicNameOf	Blackwell's Island ⓘ surface form: asylum on Blackwell’s Island
inception	1841 ⓘ
industry	mental health care ⓘ
locatedIn	Blackwell's Island ⓘ surface form: Blackwell’s Island East River ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ Roosevelt Island ⓘ
locatedNear	Queens ⓘ Upper East Side ⓘ surface form: Upper East Side of Manhattan
notableEvent	Nellie Bly undercover investigation ⓘ
notableWork	subject of Nellie Bly exposé ⓘ
operatedBy	New York City ⓘ
ownedBy	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York
publiclyCriticizedFor	inhumane conditions ⓘ lack of adequate medical care ⓘ overcrowding ⓘ
replacedBy	New York City Lunatic Asylum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Manhattan State Hospital Ward’s Island asylum facilities ⓘ
significantPerson	Nellie Bly ⓘ
startDate	1841 ⓘ
subjectOf	Ten Days in a Mad-House ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Octagon Tower → partOf → New York City Lunatic Asylum ⓘ

Octagon Tower → isRemnantOf → New York City Lunatic Asylum ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Lunatic Asylum main building

Blackwell's Island → historicalInstitution → New York City Lunatic Asylum ⓘ

New York City Lunatic Asylum → replacedBy → New York City Lunatic Asylum self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manhattan State Hospital

New York City Lunatic Asylum → hasAlternativeName → New York City Lunatic Asylum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island