Brooklyn

This late 19th-century Italianate mansion knocked our socks off when we came across it last weekend. Designed by Theobald Engeldhardt in 1887 as the Greenpoint Home for the Aged, it is now in rather rundown shape and being occupied by a group of “crazy old men”, according to one neighbor we spoke to. The building was landmarked in 1983 but appears to have been owned by the city, at least until recently. What a pad! Anyone know the story?
AIA on Greenpoint [Ragette.org] GMAP P*Shark