???#2 - you can request a copy of the death certificate from Quality Management 631 761-2912. They will tell you what you need to do to get a copy of the certificate.
This is the building I first started working in back in 1970. The secretarial pool was on the first floor, to the right of the doorway as you are looking at the picture now. The 4 windows just to the right of the tree there was our office. My introduction to mental illness. I really got an education about the illness working here. I was never afraid of working here with the patients around.
This was a beautiful building. Had a tremendous chandelier overhead as you went up the stairway. Actually this stairway went up both sides from the first floor.
Upon further investigation of the above picture it is not Bldg. 18. It is the main entrance of the 3 building complex known as 22, 23 & 24. 22 & 24 were the Admissions Building for the different catchment areas of Brooklyn back in the 70's.
The abandoned building are owned by Hartland Corporation. Pilgrim "State" is still open to this day. We are now a small community located in the back of the grounds near Commack Rd. The owner of Hartland plans to build something here eventually. We will have to wait and see when. Most of the buildings have been demolished. There are still a few of the old ones that he owns which are still standing.
Most of the buildings that are left standing have been cleared of asbestos but they are not safe to enter. I do not recommend anyone trying to enter. Our security patrols the areas and will escort trespassers off the grounds. They are also authorized to call Suffolk County Police.
Pilgrim is not big deal. I've worked here for over 35 years nothing is spooky about it at all. People let their imaginations run away in places like this. There are no 7 ft tall women, no screaming voices and no ghosts roaming around the empty buildings. Believe me. I've been in the empty buildings. Sure they are spooky and your imagination can have fun here.