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Is Overbrook asylum a psychiatric hospital?

Also known as the Essex County Hospital Center, Overbrook Asylum was a psychiatric hospital that used to stand at 125 Fairview Avenue in the Township of Cedar Grove, New Jersey. It’s now off limits, dangerous, and reeks of nothing more than decay. So, why is this old hospital so intriguing? ...

What happened to Overbrook Psychiatric Center?

Overbrook Psychiatric Center, originally known as the Essex County Asylum for the Insane, was located beyond the Peckman River and was often referred to as ‘The Bin’ by locals. It closed in 2007. We have featured the history of mental health treatment elsewhere on flashbak. ...

What happened to Overbrook asylum?

By the mid 1920s, the tri-state Mental Correction Board bought the land and converted Overbrook into a mental health institution — the asylum lived on until its closure in the winter of 2007. As one could only imagine, a century-long history has to come with happenings of tragic nature. ...

Will Overbrook sanatorium ever be forgotten?

Soon, the Overbrook facility will join the Mountain Sanatorium in being demolished and gone forever. But the stories that abound regarding the site have ensured that it will never be forgotten. One of Weird New Jersey’s most famous North Jersey sites is on the brink of extinction. ...

When was Overbrook Asylum at full capacity?

In the early half of the twentieth century, Overbrook was at full capacity with thousands of patients housed at the Fairview Avenue facility at any given time. In the 1940s and 50s. ...

What happened to Overbrook Hospital?

According to Weird New Jersey, in the winter of 1917, the hospital suffered a catastrophe with the failure of the hospital's boilers and 24 patients freezing to death in their beds. In the mid-1920s, the tri-state mental correction board bought the land and converted Overbrook into a mental institution. ...