Editing Central Islip, New York (section)

==History and overview==

Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the [[Secatogue]] tribe of [[Algonquin people|Algonquin native-American]] people lived in the area now known as Central Islip.

In 1842, the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s eastward expansion reached the area, and the Suffolk County Station was opened up. The Suffolk County Station, became the commercial center for housing. With that being done the name Central Islip was thus born, and applied to a new station built in 1873 further to the east. The modern [[Central Islip (LIRR station)|Central Islip station]] is in a different location from all of its predecessors.

In 1889, what became the [[Central Islip Psychiatric Center]] opened.<ref>[http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/cisp/ci_hist.htm A Brief History of Central Islip] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224090712/http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/cisp/ci_hist.htm |date=February 24, 2009 }}, Central Islip Public Library, Retrieved 2009-09-11.</ref> By 1955, it housed over 10,000 patients. It closed in 1996.

In the mid-1990s, Central Islip began a resurgence, with new housing developments, commercial properties, and government complexes. A new federal courthouse complex opened, claimed to be the second largest in the country. On part of the site of the former Central Islip Psychiatric Center's {{convert|788|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus. In 2000, the baseball stadium for Independent league team [[Long Island Ducks]] opened up.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://longisland.newsday.com/realestate/profile.php?id=Central%20Islip | title=Central Islip--Community Profile | newspaper=[[Newsday]] | date=Dec 16, 2005 | access-date=2009-09-11 | archive-date=July 14, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174800/http://longisland.newsday.com/realestate/profile.php?id=Central%20Islip | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Housing developments in Central Islip include:
*College Woods
*Park Row
*Bella Casa Estates
*Islip Landing
*Courthouse Commons
*Waddington Estates
*Hawthorne Court (Home Properties)
*Coventry Village