Posted on July 6, 2015 by Winnie Hu in The New York Times The New York Times, By Winnie Hu The huge, turreted castle that looms over Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn is the first stopover for many of New York City’s homeless men. Some call it Castle Grayskull after the forbidding fortress in the Masters of the Universe stories. The building, a former armory, was turned into the Bedford-Atlantic Men’s Shelter in the early 1980s and serves as an assessment center and gateway to the city’s network of homeless services. As many as 350 men at a time are evaluated there for treatment programs and other shelters.
