By Erica Jackson

photo by S.TroccoliThe New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has released findings of a three-year study that explored the cost factors for restoring 368 acres of the 521-acre Nissequogue River State Park to pristine condition. The study, conducted by Dvirka & Bartilucci Consulting Engineers, a private firm, concludes that it will cost $215 million to cleanup the property, which is located in Kings Park.

“The two hundred and fifteen million dollar figure represents what it would cost to return the 368 acres of the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center property to open space by demolishing and removing all vacant buildings and addressing contamination issues,” read the report.  The cost does not, said the report, include costs associated with “constructing any new facilities in the Kings Park Psychiatric Center property.”