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.^[1][2][3]

River Crest Sanitarium
Marketing post card issued by the hospital
Geography
Location	Astoria,_Queens, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°46′45″N 73°54′48″W
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

History

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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Notable patients

• Wilhelm Steinitz – World Chess Champion, 1900^[7]
• Thomas J. Callan – United States Army soldier, 1900^[8]
• Caitlin Thomas – wife of poet Dylan Thomas, after having come to see her dying husband at St Vincent's Hospital, in November 1953